Aphodius ater

Aphodius ater is a species of beetle in family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic.[1][2][3]A. ater is a mid-successional species of sheep and cattle dung [4]

Aphodius ater
Aphodius ater
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Scarabaeidae
Genus:
Aphodius
Species:
A. ater
Binomial name
Aphodius ater
(Degeer, 1774)

References
  1. Bunalski, M. (1999). Die Blatthornkäfer Mitteleuropas. Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea. Bestimmung – Verbreitung -Ökologie. Bratislava: František Slamka.
  2. Jessop, L. (1986). Dung beetles and chafers. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol. 5, part 11. London: Royal Entomological Society.
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Lisa Webb The Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) of Ayrshire, Scotland Volume 63 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society online
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