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Checklist for Subfamily Aphodiinae Leach, 1815 (Aphodiine Dung Beetles)
and region Germany (North Europe)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
876
10995
42130
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
871
10984
42109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
774
10682
41391
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
450
8597
35712
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
124
2798
11540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
108
2458
9949
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Scarabaeiformia
Crowson, 1960
9
195
513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Scarabaeoidea
Latreille, 1802
Bess Beetles, Chafer, Dung Beetles, D´or Beetles
9
195
513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyScarabaeidae
Latreille, 1802
Dung beetles, Flower beetles, Fruit chafers, Rain beetles
156
450
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyAphodiinae
Leach, 1815
Aphodiine Dung Beetles, Small dung beetles
68
195
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Germany
68 Genera with 195 Species
#ABCDEHLMNOPRSTV
Acanthobodilus Dellacasa, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Acrossus Mulsant, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Aegialia Latreille, 17976SpeciesTaxom
Agoliinus Schmidt, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Agolius Mulsant & Rey, 18122SpeciesTaxom
Agrilinus Mulsant & Rey, 17755SpeciesTaxom
Alocoderus Schmidt, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Amidorus Mulsant & Rey, 17922SpeciesTaxom
Ammoecius Mulsant, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Aphodius Hellwig, 195278SpeciesTaxom
Ataenius Harold, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Biralus Mulsant & Rey, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Bodiloides2SpeciesTaxom
Bodilopsis Adám, 06SpeciesTaxom
Bodilus Mulsant & Rey, 17992SpeciesTaxom
Caelius Lewis, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Calamosternus Motschulsky, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Chilothorax Motschulsky, 18057SpeciesTaxom
Colobopterus Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Coprimorphus Mulsant, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Coptochirus Harold, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Dialytes Harold, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Diastictus Mulsant, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Drepanocanthus Péringuey, 1901
0SpeciesTaxom
Erytus Mulsant & Rey, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Esymus Mulsant & Rey, 17893SpeciesTaxom
Eudolus Mulsant & Rey, 17831SpeciesTaxom
Euheptaulacus Dellacasa, 18064SpeciesTaxom
Euorodalus Dellacasa, 19602SpeciesTaxom
Eupleurus Mulsant, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Harmogaster Harold, 01SpeciesTaxom
Heptaulacus Mulsant, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 01SpeciesTaxom
Limarus Mulsant & Rey, 18132SpeciesTaxom
Liothorax Motschulsky, 17672SpeciesTaxom
Megatelus Reitter, 18451SpeciesTaxom
Melinopterus Mulsant, 17987SpeciesTaxom
Mesontoplatys Motschulsky, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Neagolius Kozhantschikov, 18483SpeciesTaxom
Nialus Mulsant & Rey, 18051SpeciesTaxom
Nimbus Mulsant & Rey, 18234SpeciesTaxom
Nobius Mulsant & Rey, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Oromus Mulsant & Rey, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Oscarinus Gordon and S..., 18451SpeciesTaxom
Otophorus Mulsant, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Oxyomus Dejean, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Parammoecius Seidlitz, 18172SpeciesTaxom
Phaeaphodius Reitter, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Phalacronothus Motschulsky, 17612SpeciesTaxom
Plagiogonus Mulsant, 17891SpeciesTaxom
Planolinoides Dellacasa an..., 18271SpeciesTaxom
Planolinus Mulsant and Rey, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Pleurophorus Mulsant, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Psammodius Fallen, 18025SpeciesTaxom
Psammoporus Thomson, 17974SpeciesTaxom
Pubinus Mulsant & Rey, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Rhodaphodius1SpeciesTaxom
Rhysothorax Bedel, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Rhyssemus Mulsant, 19292SpeciesTaxom
Saprosites Redtenbacher, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Scabrostomus Gordon and S..., 19911SpeciesTaxom
Sigorus Mulsant & Rey, 17921SpeciesTaxom
Subrinus Mulsant & Rey, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Tetraclipeoides Schmidt, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Teuchestes Mulsant, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Trichaphodius Schmidt, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Trichonotulus Bedel, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Volinus Mulsant & Rey, 17981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Germany
195 Species and 12 Subspecies
Acanthobodilus immundus Creutzer, 1799
Acrossus bimaculatus Laxmann, 1770
Acrossus depressus Kugelann, 1792
Acrossus luridus Fabricius, 1775
Acrossus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758Night-Flying Dung Beetle
Aegialia (Aegialia) arenaria Fabricius, 1787Dune sand scarab beetle
Aegialia (Rhysothorax) rufa (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Caelius rufescens Horn, 1887
Aegialia latipunctus Gredler, 1863
Aegialia mimica Pittino, 2006
Aegialia mimicus Pittino, 2006
Aegialia sabuleti Panzer, 1797
Agoliinus nemoralis Erichson, 1848
Agoliinus piceus Gyllenhal, 1808
Agoliinus satyrus Reitter, 1892
Agolius abdominalis Bonelli, 1812
Agolius abdominalis abdominalis Bonelli, 1812
Agrilinus ater De Geer, 1774
Agrilinus constans Duftschmid, 1805
Agrilinus convexus Erichson, 1848
Agrilinus rufus (Moll, 1782)⇒ Bodilopsis rufa Moll, 1782
Agrilinus sordidus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Bodilopsis sordida Fabricius, 1775
Alocoderus hydrochaeris Fabricius, 1798
Amidorus obscurus Fabricius, 1792
Amidorus obscurus obscurus Fabricius, 1792
Ammoecius brevis Erichson, 1848
Aphodius (Acanthobodilus) immundus (Creutzer, 1799)⇒ Pubinus tomentosus O.F.Muller, 1776
Aphodius (Acrossus) depressus (Kugelann, 1792)⇒ Acrossus depressus Kugelann, 1792
Aphodius (Acrossus) luridus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Acrossus luridus Fabricius, 1775
Aphodius (Acrossus) rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Acrossus rufipes Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Agoliinus) piceus (Gyllenhal, 1808)⇒ Agoliinus piceus Gyllenhal, 1808
Aphodius (Agolius) abdominalis (Bonelli, 1812)⇒ Agolius abdominalis Bonelli, 1812
Aphodius (Agrilinus) ater (DeGeer, 1774)⇒ Agrilinus ater De Geer, 1774
Aphodius (Agrilinus) convexus (Erichson, 1848)⇒ Agrilinus convexus Erichson, 1848
Aphodius (Agrilinus) nemoralis (Erichson, 1848)⇒ Agoliinus nemoralis Erichson, 1848
Aphodius (Agrilinus) rufus Moll, 1782
Aphodius (Agrilinus) sordidus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Bodilopsis sordida Fabricius, 1775
Aphodius (Ammoecius) brevis (Erichson, 1848)⇒ Ammoecius brevis Erichson, 1848
Aphodius (Aphodius) coniugatus Panzer, 1795
Aphodius (Aphodius) fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758Common dung beetle
Aphodius (Aphodius) foetens (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Rhodaphodius foetens Fabricius, 1787
Aphodius (Aphodius) foetidus Herbst, 1783
Aphodius (Aphodius) pedellus (DeGeer, 1774)⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Biralus) satellitius (Herbst, 1789)⇒ Biralus satellitius Herbst, 1789
Aphodius (Bodilus) ictericus (Laicharting, 1781)⇒ Bodiloides ictericus Laicharting, 1781
Aphodius (Bodilus) lugens (Creutzer, 1799)⇒ Bodilus lugens Creutzer, 1799
Aphodius (Bodilus) nitidulus (C. O. Waterh..., 1875)⇒ Bodiloides ictericus ictericus Laicharting, 1781
Aphodius (Bodilus) rufus (Moll, 1782)⇒ Bodilopsis rufa Moll, 1782
Aphodius (Bodilus) sordidus (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Bodilopsis rufus Moll, 1782
Aphodius (Calamosternus) granarius (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767
Aphodius (Calomosternus) granarius Linnaeus, 1767
Aphodius (Chilothorax) distinctus O.F. Müller, 1776Maculated Dung Beetle
Aphodius (Chilothorax) melanostictus (W.L.E. Schmidt, 1840)⇒ Chilothorax melanostictus Schmidt, 1840
Aphodius (Chilothorax) paykulli Bedel, 1907
Aphodius (Chilothorax) pictus (D. Koshantsc..., 1894)⇒ Chilothorax pictus Sturm, 1805
Aphodius (Chilothorax) sticticus (Panzer, 1798)⇒ Volinus sticticus Panzer, 1798
Aphodius (Colobopterus) erraticus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Colobopterus erraticus Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Esymus) merdarius (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Esymus merdarius Fabricius, 1775
Aphodius (Esymus) pusillus Herbst, 1789
Aphodius (Eudolus) quadriguttatus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Eudolus quadriguttatus Herbst, 1783
Aphodius (Euorodalus) coenosus (Panzer, 1798)⇒ Euorodalus coenosus Panzer, 1798
Aphodius (Euorodalus) pusillus (Herbst, 1789)⇒ Esymus pusillus Herbst, 1789
Aphodius (Eupleurus) subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Eupleurus subterraneus Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Labarrus) lividus (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Labarrus lividus Olivier, 1789
Aphodius (Limarus) maculatus (Sturm, 1800)⇒ Limarus maculatus Sturm, 1800
Aphodius (Limarus) zenkeri (Germar, 1813)⇒ Limarus zenkeri Germar, 1813
Aphodius (Liothorax) niger (Panzer, 1797)⇒ Planolinellus vittatus Say, 1825
Aphodius (Liothorax) plagiatus (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Liothorax plagiatus Linnaeus, 1767
Aphodius (Melinopterus) consputus (Creutzer, 1799)⇒ Melinopterus consputus Creutzer, 1799
Aphodius (Melinopterus) prodromus (Braham, 1790)⇒ Melinopterus prodromus Brahm, 1790
Aphodius (Melinopterus) pubescens (Sturm, 1800)⇒ Melinopterus pubescens Sturm, 1800
Aphodius (Melinopterus) punctatosulcatus (Sturm, 1805)⇒ Melinopterus punctatosulcatus punctatosulcatus Sturm, 1805
Aphodius (Melinopterus) sphacelatus (Panzer, 1798)⇒ Melinopterus sphacelatus Panzer, 1798
Aphodius (Neagolius) montivagus (Erichson, 1848)⇒ Neagolius montivagus Erichson, 1848
Aphodius (Nialus) plagiatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Liothorax plagiatus Linnaeus, 1767
Aphodius (Nialus) sturmi (Harold, 1870)⇒ Subrinus sturmi Harold, 1870
Aphodius (Nialus) varians (Duftschmid, 1805)⇒ Nialus varians Duftschmid, 1805
Aphodius (Nimbus) contaminatus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Nimbus contaminatus Herbst, 1783
Aphodius (Nimbus) obliteratus (Panzer, 1823)⇒ Nimbus obliteratus Panzer, 1823
Aphodius (Oromus) alpinus (Scopoli, 1763)⇒ Euheptaulacus carinatus carinatus Germar, 1824
Aphodius (Otophorus) haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Parammoecius) corvinus (Haldeman, 1848)⇒ Parammoecius corvinus Erichson, 1848
Aphodius (Parammoecius) gibbus (Germar, 1817)⇒ Parammoecius gibbus Germar, 1817
Aphodius (Phalacronothus) biguttatus Dallatorre, 1879
Aphodius (Phalacronothus) quadrimaculatus Linné, 1761
Aphodius (Phalocronothus) quadrimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Teuchestes brachysomus Solsky, 1874
Aphodius (Plagiogonus) arenarius Olivier, 1789
Aphodius (Planolinoides) borealis (Gyllenhal, 1827)⇒ Planolinoides borealis Gyllenhal, 1827
Aphodius (Planolinus) fasciatus (Olivier, 1789)⇒ Limarus maculatus Sturm, 1800
Aphodius (Sigorius) porcus Fabricius, 1..., 1869
Aphodius (Sigorus) porcus (Fabricius, 1792)⇒ Sigorus porcus Fabricius, 1792
Aphodius (Subrinus) sturmi (Harold, 1870)⇒ Subrinus sturmi Harold, 1870
Aphodius (Teuchestes) fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Teuchestes fossor Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius (Trichonotulus) scrofa (Fabricius, 1787)⇒ Trichonotulus scrofa Fabricius, 1787
Aphodius (Volinus) sticticus Panzer, 1798
Aphodius anteactus Krell, 2000
Aphodius brevipennis (O. Heer, 1862)⇒ Aphodius foetidus Herbst, 1783
Aphodius cardinalis (Reitter, 1892)⇒ Aphodius fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758
Aphodius connexus (Klug, 1855)⇒ Trichaphodius copulatus Schmidt, 1916
Aphodius helvolus G. Statz, 1952
Aphodius krantzi von Heyden &..., 1866
Aphodius meyeri Heer, 1847
Aphodius nitidus (Ballion, 1870)⇒ Plagiogonus arenarius Olivier, 1789
Aphodius schlickumi G. Statz, 1952
Ataenius horticola Harold, 1869
Biralus satellitius Herbst, 1789
Bodiloides ictericus Laicharting, 1781
Bodiloides ictericus ictericus Laicharting, 1781
Bodilopsis rufa Moll, 1782
Bodilopsis rufus Moll, 1782
Bodilopsis sordida Fabricius, 1775
Bodilopsis sordida sordida Fabricius, 1775
Bodilopsis sordidus Fabricius, 1775
Bodilopsis sordidus sordidus
Bodilus ictericus (Laicharting, 1781)⇒ Bodiloides ictericus Laicharting, 1781
Bodilus lugens Creutzer, 1799
Caelius rufescens Horn, 1887
Calamosternus granarius Linnaeus, 1767Granular Small Dung Beetle
Chilothorax conspurcatus Linnaeus, 1758
Chilothorax distinctus (Müller, 1776)⇒ Aphodius distinctus O.F. Müller, 1776
Chilothorax hieroglyphicus Klug, 1845
Chilothorax melanostictus Schmidt, 1840
Chilothorax melanostictus melanostictus W. Schmidt, 1840
Chilothorax paykulli Bedel, 1907
Chilothorax pictus Sturm, 1805
Colobopterus erraticus Linnaeus, 1758Erratic small dung beetle
Coprimorphus scrutator Herbst, 1789
Coptochirus brachypterus Harold, 1868
Dialytes truncatus Melsheimer, 1845
Diastictus vulneratus Sturm, 1805
Erytus aequalis Schmidt, 1907
Esymus merdarius Fabricius, 1775
Esymus pusillus Herbst, 1789
Esymus pusillus pusillus Herbst, 1789
Eudolus quadriguttatus Herbst, 1783
Euheptaulacus carinatus Germar, 1824
Euheptaulacus carinatus carinatus Germar, 1824
Euheptaulacus sus Herbst, 1783
Euheptaulacus villosus Gyllenhal, 1806
Euorodalus coenosus Panzer, 1798
Euorodalus paracoenosus Balthasar & ..., 1960
Eupleurus subterraneus Linnaeus, 1758Subterranean small dung beetle
Eupleurus subterraneus subterraneus Linnaeus, 1758
Harmogaster intrusus
Heptaulacus testudinarius Fabricius, 1775
Labarrus lividus lividus
Limarus maculatus Sturm, 1800
Limarus zenkeri Germar, 1813
Liothorax niger Illiger, 1798Beaulieu dung beetle
Liothorax plagiatus Linnaeus, 1767
Megatelus contractus Klug, 1845
Melinopterus consputus Creutzer, 1799
Melinopterus prodromus Brahm, 1790Spring small dung beetle
Melinopterus pubescens Sturm, 1800
Melinopterus punctatosulcatus Sturm, 1805
Melinopterus punctatosulcatus punctatosulcatus Sturm, 1805
Melinopterus reyi Reitter, 1892
Melinopterus sphacelatus Panzer, 1798
Mesontoplatys arabicus Harold, 1875
Neagolius bilimecki Seidlitz, 1891
Neagolius montanus Erichson, 1848
Neagolius montivagus Erichson, 1848
Nialus varians Duftschmid, 1805
Nimbus affinis Panzer, 1823
Nimbus affinis affinis
Nimbus contaminatus Herbst, 1783
Nimbus obliteratus Panzer, 1823
Nobius serotinus Panzer, 1799
Oromus alpinus Scopoli, 1763
Oscarinus rusicola Melsheimer, 1845
Otophorus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758Bloody small dung beetle
Oxyomus sylvestris Scopoli, 1763Forest small dung beetle
Parammoecius corvinus Erichson, 1848
Parammoecius gibbus Germar, 1817
Phaeaphodius pupillus Balthasar, 1961
Phalacronothus biguttatus Germar, 1824
Phalacronothus quadrimaculatus Linnaeus, 1761
Plagiogonus arenarius Olivier, 1789
Planolinoides borealis Gyllenhal, 1827
Planolinus fasciatus Olivier, 1789
Planolinus uliginosus (Hardy, 1847)⇒ Planolinus fasciatus Olivier, 1789
Pleurophorus caesus Creutzer, 1796Cut small dung beetle
Pleurophorus mediterranicus Pittino & Ma..., 1986
Psammodius asper (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Psammodius sulcicollis Illiger, 1802
Psammodius pierottii Pittino, 1979Mud blenny
Psammodius schmidti Gistel, 1857
Psammodius schmidtii Gistel, 1857
Psammodius sulcicollis Illiger, 1802
Psammoporus latipunctus Gredler, 1866
Psammoporus mimica Pittino, 2006
Psammoporus mimicus Pittino, 2006
Psammoporus sabuleti (Panzer, 1797)⇒ Psammoporus mimicus Pittino, 2006
Pubinus tomentosus O.F.Muller, 1776
Rhodaphodius foetens Fabricius, 1787
Rhysothorax rufus Fabricius, 1792Red sand scarab beetle
Rhyssemus germanus Linnaeus, 1767Germany small dung beetle
Rhyssemus puncticollis (Brown, 1929)⇒ Rhyssemus germanus Linnaeus, 1767
Saprosites succini R. Zang, 1905
Scabrostomus tanytarsus Skelley & Wo..., 1991Masked stargazer
Sigorus porcus Fabricius, 1792Mahogany Ridgeback scarab
Subrinus sturmi Harold, 1870
Tetraclipeoides quadridentatus Harold, 1861
Teuchestes brachysomus Solsky, 1874
Teuchestes fossor Linnaeus, 1758Digger small dung beetle
Trichaphodius copulatus Schmidt, 1916
Trichonotulus scrofa Fabricius, 1787Sow small dung beetle
Volinus sticticus Panzer, 1798

Subnodes of Aphodiinae with occurrences in Germany
TribeAegialiini
Laporte, 1840
4
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeAphodiini
Leach, 1815
26
122
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribeEupariini
Schmidt, 1910
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

TribePsammodiini
Mulsant, 1842
4
10
Genera
Species

Taxom



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