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Checklist for Subfamily Aphodiinae Leach, 1815 (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
707
11317
47199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
704
11307
47184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
673
11100
46296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
448
9313
40244
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
123
2766
12123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
113
2483
9810
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
12
176
524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
12
176
524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
138
422
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles
58
170
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Canada
58 Genera with 170 Species
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Acrossus Mulsant, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Aegialia Latreille, 193116SpeciesTaxom
Agoliinus Schmidt, 192817SpeciesTaxom
Alloblackburneus Bordat, 18873SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 194820SpeciesTaxom
Ataenius Harold, 18748SpeciesTaxom
Blackburneus Schmidt, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Caelius Lewis, 18874SpeciesTaxom
Calamosternus Motschulsky, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Caligodorus Gordon and S..., 18721SpeciesTaxom
Chilothorax Motschulsky, 18032SpeciesTaxom
Cinacanthus Schmidt, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Colobopterus Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Coptochirus Harold, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Cryptoscatomaseter Gordon and S..., 19287SpeciesTaxom
Dellacasiellus Gordon and S..., 19322SpeciesTaxom
Dialytellus Brown, 19163SpeciesTaxom
Dialytes Harold, 18754SpeciesTaxom
Dialytodius Gordon and S..., 19713SpeciesTaxom
Diapterna Horn, 18485SpeciesTaxom
Drepanocanthoides Schmidt, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Erytus Mulsant & Rey, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Esymus Mulsant & Rey, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Eupleurus Mulsant, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Flaviellus Gordon and S..., 20202SpeciesTaxom
Geomyphilus Gordon and S..., 19282SpeciesTaxom
Hornietus Stebnicka, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Lechorodius Gordon and S..., 18231SpeciesTaxom
Liothorax Motschulsky, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Melinopterus Mulsant, 17904SpeciesTaxom
Micraegialia Brown, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Oscarinus Gordon and S..., 18451SpeciesTaxom
Otophorus Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Oxyomus Dejean, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Parammoecius Seidlitz, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Pardalosus Gordon and S..., 18571SpeciesTaxom
Planolinellus Dellacasa an..., 18251SpeciesTaxom
Planolinoides Dellacasa an..., 18574SpeciesTaxom
Planolinus Mulsant and Rey, 18231SpeciesTaxom
Platytomus Mulsant, 19481SpeciesTaxom
Pleurophorus Mulsant, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Psammodius Fallen, 19793SpeciesTaxom
Psammoporus Thomson, 19316SpeciesTaxom
Pseudagolius Schmidt, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Pubinus Mulsant & Rey, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Rhysothorax Bedel, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemus Mulsant, 18815SpeciesTaxom
Saprosites Redtenbacher, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Scabrostomus Gordon and S..., 19912SpeciesTaxom
Setodius Gordon and S..., 19292SpeciesTaxom
Sigorus Mulsant & Rey, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Stenotothorax Schmidt, 20184SpeciesTaxom
Tesarius Rakovič, 19552SpeciesTaxom
Tetraclipeoides Schmidt, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Teuchestes Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Trichiorhyssemus Clouët, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Trichonotulus Bedel, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Xeropsamobeus Saylor, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
170 Species and 2 Subspecies
Acrossus emodus Petrovitz, 1976
Acrossus rubripennis Horn, 1870
Acrossus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Night-Flying Dung Beetle
Aegialia (Aegialia) arenaria Fabricius, 1787Dune sand scarab beetle
Aegialia (Aegialia) blanchardi Horn, 1887
Aegialia (Aegialia) carri Gordon & Car..., 1988Sharpnosed weever
Aegialia (Aegialia) conferta Horn, 1871Scratchbush
Aegialia conferta conferta
Aegialia (Aegialia) crassa LeConte, 1857
Aegialia (Aegialia) opifex Horn, 1887
Aegialia (Psammoporus) criddlei Brown, 1931
Aegialia (Psammoporus) cylindrica Eschscholtz, 1822
Aegialia (Psammoporus) lacustris LeConte, 1850
Aegialia (Psammoporus) nana Brown, 1931
Aegialia (Psammoporus) opaca Brown, 1931
Aegialia (Psammoporus) terminalis Brown, 1931
Aegialia clypeata Say, 1824
Aegialia cylindricus Eschscholtz, 1822
Aegialia opacus Brown, 1931
Agoliinus albertanus Brown, 1928
Agoliinus aleutus Eschscholtz, 1822
Agoliinus anthracus Gordon & Ske..., 2007Lesser weever
Agoliinus aquilonarius Brown, 1928
Agoliinus bidentatus Schmidt, 1906Spotted weever
Agoliinus canadensis Garnett, 1920Streaked weeverfish
Agoliinus congregatus Mannerheim, 1853
Agoliinus corruptor Brown, 1929
Agoliinus guttatus Eschscholtz, 1823
Agoliinus hatchi Hatch, 2007Lesser weever
Agoliinus incommunis Fall, 1932
Agoliinus lapponum Gyllenhal, 1808Northern Dung Beetle
Agoliinus leopardus Horn, 1870
Agoliinus manitobensis Brown, 1928
Agoliinus piceatus Robinson, 1946Goby duckbill
Agoliinus sigmoideus Van Dyke, 1918
Agoliinus wickhami Brown, 1928
Alloblackburneus lentus Horn, 1870
Alloblackburneus rubeolus Palisot de B..., 1809Surf blenny
Alloblackburneus tenuistriatus Horn, 1887
Aphodius (Agoliinus) congregatus Mannerheim, 1853
Aphodius (Alloblackburneus) rubeolus Beauvois, 1805
Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758Common dung beetle
Aphodius (Aphodius) pedellus (DeGeer, 1774)⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Blackburneus) stercorosus (Melsheimer, 1845)⇒ Blackburneus stercorosus Melsheimer, 1845
Aphodius (Calamosternus) granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767
Aphodius (Caligodorus) opacus (Motschulsky, 1874)⇒ Erytus opacior Koshantschikov, 1894
Aphodius (Chilothorax) distinctus O.F. Müller, 1776Maculated Dung Beetle
Aphodius (Colobopterus) erraticus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Colobopterus erraticus Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Diapterna) hamatus Say, 1824
Aphodius (Drepanocanthoides) walshi G. Horn, 1870
Aphodius (Melinopterus) consentaneus (Dejean, 1833)⇒ Coptochirus excisus Harold, 1868
Aphodius (Nialus) lividus (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Acrossus luridus Fabricius, 1775
Aphodius (Otophorus) haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius columbiensis (Wickham, 1913)⇒ Caligodorus opacus LeConte, 1872
Aphodius communis (Broun, 1880)⇒ Saprosites communis Broun, 1880
Aphodius phaeopterus (Stephens, 1830)⇒ Esymus pusillus Herbst, 1789
Aphodius rufipennis (Motschulsky, 1863)⇒ Parammoecius corvinus Erichson, 1848
Aphodius ruricola (Melsheimer, 1845)⇒ Oscarinus rusicola Melsheimer, 1845
Aphodius yukonensis (Robinson, 1948)⇒ Agoliinus corruptor Brown, 1929
Ataenius abditus Haldeman, 1848
Ataenius cognatus (LeConte, 1858)⇒ Ataenius liogaster Bates, 1887
Ataenius gracilis Melsheimer, 1845
Ataenius imbricatus Melsheimer, 1845
Ataenius nugator Harold, 1880
Ataenius spretulus Haldeman, 1848Black turfgrass ataenius
Ataenius strigatus Say, 1823Black turfgrass ataenius
Ataenius texanus Harold, 1874
Blackburneus stercorosus Melsheimer, 1845
Caelius browni Saylor, 1934
Caelius humeralis Brown, 1931
Caelius montanus Brown, 1931
Caelius rufescens Horn, 1887
Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767Granular Small Dung Beetle
Caligodorus opacus LeConte, 1872Sand divers
Chilothorax distinctus (Müller, 1776)⇒ Aphodius distinctus O.F. Müller, 1776
Chilothorax lineolatus Illiger, 1803
Cinacanthus anomalipus Péringuey, 1901
Cinacanthus hirsutus Brown, 1928
Colobopterus erraticus Linnaeus, 1758Erratic small dung beetle
Coptochirus excisus Harold, 1868
Cryptoscatomaseter brevicollis LeConte, 1878
Cryptoscatomaseter browni Hinton, 1934Sand stargazers
Cryptoscatomaseter criddlei Brown, 1928
Cryptoscatomaseter gambrinus Skelley & Go..., 2001Warteye stargazer
Cryptoscatomaseter iowensis Wickham, 1913
Cryptoscatomaseter punctissimus Brown, 1928
Cryptoscatomaseter talpoidesi Brown, 1928
Dellacasiellus kirni Cartwright, 1944Monkfish
Dellacasiellus ruficlarus Fall, 1932
Dialytellus dialytoides Fall & Cocke..., 1907
Dialytellus humeralis LeConte, 1868
Dialytellus tragicus Schmidt, 1916
Dialytes criddlei Brown, 1929
Dialytes striatulus Say, 1825
Dialytes truncatus Melsheimer, 1845
Dialytes ulkei Horn, 1875
Dialytodius carri Brown, 1929
Dialytodius decipiens Horn, 1887
Dialytodius rogersi Hatch, 1971
Diapterna hamata Say, 1824
Diapterna hyperborea LeConte, 1850
Diapterna omissa LeConte, 1850
Diapterna pinguella Brown, 1929
Diapterna pinguis Haldeman, 1848
Drepanocanthoides walshii Horn, 1870
Erytus opacior Koshantschikov, 1894
Esymus pusillus Herbst, 1789
Eupleurus subterraneus Linnaeus, 1758Subterranean small dung beetle
Eupleurus subterraneus subterraneus Linnaeus, 1758
Flaviellus consentaneus LeConte, 1850
Flaviellus kluanensis Smith & Skelley, 2020
Geomyphilus leptotarsis Brown, 1928
Geomyphilus thomomysi Brown, 1928
Hornietus ventralis Horn, 1887
Lechorodius terminalis Say, 1823
Liothorax alternatus Horn, 1870
Liothorax subaeneus LeConte, 1857
Melinopterus consentaneus LeConte, 1850
Melinopterus femoralis Say, 1823
Melinopterus guillebeaui Reitter, 1892
Melinopterus prodromus Brahm, 1790Spring small dung beetle
Micraegialia pusilla G. Horn, 1887
Oscarinus rusicola Melsheimer, 1845
Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758Bloody small dung beetle
Oxyomus sylvestris Scopoli, 1763Forest small dung beetle
Parammoecius corvinus Erichson, 1848
Pardalosus pardalis LeConte, 1857
Planolinellus vittatus Say, 1825
Planolinoides aenictus Cooper & Gordon, 1987Benttooths
Planolinoides borealis Gyllenhal, 1827
Planolinoides duplex LeConte, 1878
Planolinoides pectoralis LeConte, 1857
Planolinus tenellus Say, 1823
Platytomus atlanticus Cartwright, 1948Horned blenny
Pleurophorus caesus Creutzer, 1796Cut small dung beetle
Pleurophorus ventralis (Horn, 1887)⇒ Hornietus ventralis Horn, 1887
Psammodius asper (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Psammodius sulcicollis Illiger, 1802
Psammodius laevipennis Costa, 1844Awkward-winged small dung beetle
Psammodius pierottii Pittino, 1979Mud blenny
Psammoporus criddlei Brown, 1931
Psammoporus cylindricus Eschscholtz, 1822
Psammoporus lacustris LeConte, 1850
Psammoporus nanus Brown, 1931
Psammoporus opacus Brown, 1931
Psammoporus terminalis Brown, 1931
Pseudagolius bicolor Say, 1823
Pseudagolius coloradensis Horn, 1870
Pubinus tomentosus O.F.Muller, 1776
Rhysothorax rufa Fabricius, 1792
Rhysothorax rufus Fabricius, 1792Red sand scarab beetle
Rhyssemus californicus Horn, 1871Scratchbush
Rhyssemus germanus Linnaeus, 1767Germany small dung beetle
Rhyssemus neglectus Brown, 1929
Rhyssemus puncticollis (Brown, 1929)⇒ Rhyssemus germanus Linnaeus, 1767
Rhyssemus sonatus LeConte & Horn, 1881
Saprosites communis Broun, 1880
Scabrostomus peculiosus Schmidt, 1922Common sand stargazer
Scabrostomus tanytarsus Skelley & Wo..., 1991Masked stargazer
Setodius bryanti Brown, 1929
Setodius edmontonus Brown, 1929
Sigorus porcus Fabricius, 1792Mahogany Ridgeback scarab
Stenotothorax badipes Melsheimer, 1845
Stenotothorax cribratulus Schmidt, 1916Common sand stargazer
Stenotothorax lanei Saylor, 1940
Stenotothorax schneppi Skelley & Mc..., 2018
Tesarius caelatus LeConte, 1857
Tesarius oregonensis Cartwright, 1955
Tetraclipeoides denticulatus Haldeman, 1848
Teuchestes fossor Linnaeus, 1758Digger small dung beetle
Trichiorhyssemus riparius G. Horn, 1871
Trichonotulus scrofa Fabricius, 1787Sow small dung beetle
Xeropsamobeus scabriceps LeConte, 1878

Subnodes of Aphodiinae with occurrences in Canada
TribeAegialiini
Laporte, 1840
5
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeAphodiini
Leach, 1815
39
113
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeEupariini
Schmidt, 1910
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePsammodiini
Mulsant, 1842
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



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