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Aphodius
Taxonomy
Aphodius was named by Hellwig (1798). It is extant. It is the type genus of Aphodida.
It was assigned to Eleutherata by Illiger (1798); to Coprophagi by Latreille (1802); to Scarabaeidae by Scudder (1900) and Piton (1940); to Aphodiini by Statz (1952) and Krell (2000); and to Aphodiina by Bouchard et al. (2011).
It was assigned to Eleutherata by Illiger (1798); to Coprophagi by Latreille (1802); to Scarabaeidae by Scudder (1900) and Piton (1940); to Aphodiini by Statz (1952) and Krell (2000); and to Aphodiina by Bouchard et al. (2011).
Species
A. (Acrossus), A. (Agrilinus), A. (Nialus), A. (Plagiogonus), A. aboriginalis, A. anteactus (syn. A. antiquus), A. boryslavicus, A. bosniaskii, A. brevipennis, A. carpetanus, A. charauxi, A. conspurcatus, A. cretaceous, A. distinctus, A. fimitarius, A. florissantensis, A. fossor, A. granarioides, A. granarius, A. helvolus, A. holdereri, A. inundatus, A. krantzi, A. laminicola, A. mediaevus, A. meyeri, A. plagiatus, A. praeemptor, A. precursor, A. rhinocerontis, A. rufipes, A. ruthenus, A. schlickumi, A. senex, A. shoshonis, A. subater, A. theobaldi (syn. A. incertus), A. vectis
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Aphodius Hellwig 1798
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Subg. Aphodius (Acrossus) Mulsant 1842
Subg. Aphodius (Agrilinus) Mulsant and Rey 1870
Subg. Aphodius (Nialus) Mulsant and Rey 1870
Subg. Aphodius (Plagiogonus) Mulsant 1842
†Aphodius aboriginalis Wickham 1912
†Aphodius boryslavicus Lomnicki 1894
†Aphodius bosniaskii Handlirsch 1907
†Aphodius brevipennis Heer 1862
Aphodius carpetanus Graells 1847
†Aphodius charauxi Piton 1940
Aphodius conspurcatus Linnaeus 1758
†Aphodius cretaceous Nikolajev 2008
Aphodius distinctus Müller 1776
Aphodius fimitarius Linnaeus 1758
†Aphodius florissantensis Wickham 1911
Aphodius fossor Linnaeus 1758
†Aphodius granarioides Wickham 1913
Aphodius granarius Linnaeus 1767
†Aphodius helvolus Statz 1952
Aphodius holdereri Reitter 1900
†Aphodius inundatus Wickham 1914
†Aphodius krantzi von Heyden and von Heyden 1866
†Aphodius laminicola Wickham 1910
†Aphodius mediaevus Wickham 1914
†Aphodius meyeri Heer 1847
Aphodius plagiatus Linnaeus 1767
†Aphodius praeemptor Wickham 1913
†Aphodius precursor Horn 1876
†Aphodius rhinocerontis Lomnicki 1894
Aphodius rufipes Linnaeus 1758 [night-flying dung beetle]
†Aphodius ruthenus Lomnicki 1894
†Aphodius schlickumi Statz 1952
†Aphodius senex Wickham 1914
†Aphodius shoshonis Wickham 1912
†Aphodius subater Lomnicki 1894
†Aphodius vectis Krell 2019
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 125.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma
Collections (97 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aptian | Russian Federation (Buryatia) | A. cretaceous (118216) | |
| Selandian | France (Auvergne) | A. charauxi (113685) | |
| Priabonian | France | A. incertus (113709) | |
| Priabonian | United Kingdom (England) | A. vectis (21976) | |
| Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | A. aboriginalis, A. laminicola, A. praeemptor, A. inundatus, A. granarioides (113749) A. aboriginalis, A. shoshonis (106382) A. florissantensis (106379) A. granarioides (124624) A. laminicola (106381 122975) A. sp., A. aboriginalis, A. shoshonis, A. laminicola, A. mediaevus, A. praeemptor, A. senex (106384) | |
| MP 30 | Germany | A. krantzi (123945) | |
| Chattian | France | A. sp. (160861) | |
| Chattian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | A. schlickumi, A. helvolus (122010) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Japan | A. sp. (114003) | |
| Sarmatian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | A. antiquus (115304) A. brevipennis (117252) A. meyeri (115305) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Tuscany) | A. bosniaskii (113751) | |
| Piacenzian | Germany (Niedersachsen) | A. rufipes (109196) | |
| Gelasian | Greenland | A. sp. (160109) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Russian Federation | A. sp. (163069) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Japan | A. sp. (153617) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. precursor (20479) | |
| Chibanian | Japan | A. sp. (165700 165704) | |
| Chibanian | Russian Federation | A. sp. (163090 163091 163092 163093 163095 163096 163097 163098) | |
| Chibanian | Japan (Kumamoto) | A. sp. (164901) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Warwickshire) | A. sp. (169388 169389 169393 169394 169395 169396 169399 169400) A. sp., A. sp. A (169391 169392) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom | A. sp. (168264) A. spp. (168266 168267 168268 168269 168270 168271 168272) A. spp., A. carpetanus, A. conspurcatus (168265) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | A. sp. (153436 153438 153439 153440 153441 153442 153443 153444 153445 153446 163104 163105 173201 173202 173203 173204 173208 173210) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. sp. (137208) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Ukraine | A. granarius, A. subater, A. rufipes, A. rhinocerontis, A. ruthenus, A. boryslavicus (153476) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Colorado) | A. sp. (169347) A. spp. (169350 169353) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) | A. holdereri (163112) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | A. sp. (164903 164919 164920) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Astrakhan) | A. sp., A. sp., A. sp., A. sp., A. sp. (125794) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | A. sp., A. spp., A. rufipes, A. fossor, A. distinctus, A. plagiatus, A. fimitarius, A. sp. A (163070) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Northamptonshire) | A. holdereri (163111) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Washington) | A. sp. (169365 169366 169367 169370 169371 169374) A. spp. (169359) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | A. sp. (166083 166084) | |
| Tarantian | USA (Pennsylvania) | A. sp. (137201 137204 137205 137206) |