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Aphodiina

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Aphodiina was named by Leach (1815). It is extant.

It was assigned to Aphodiini by Bouchard et al. (2011) and Webster (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Aphodiina Leach p. 97
2011Aphodiina Bouchard et al. p. 239
2016Aphodiina Webster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
RankNameAuthor
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyScarabaeoidea
familyScarabaeidae()
subfamilyAphodiinae()
tribeAphodiini
subtribeAphodiina
subtribeAphodiina

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.

Subtr. Aphodiina Leach 1815
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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 anteactus Krell 2000
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Invalid names: Aphodius antiquus Heer 1847 [replaced]
†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 theobaldi Krell 2000
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Invalid names: Aphodius incertus Theobald 1937 [replaced]
†Aphodius vectis Krell 2019
G. Diapterna Horn 1891
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G. Heptaulacus Mulsant 1842
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Heptaulacus sus Herbst 1783
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (99 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Russian Federation (Buryatia) Aphodius cretaceous (118216)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2France (Auvergne) Aphodius charauxi (113685)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Aphodius vectis (21976)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France Aphodius incertus (113709)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Aphodius aboriginalis, Aphodius laminicola, Aphodius praeemptor, Aphodius inundatus, Aphodius granarioides (113749) Aphodius aboriginalis, Aphodius shoshonis (106382) Aphodius florissantensis (106379) Aphodius granarioides (124624) Aphodius laminicola (106381 122975) Aphodius sp., Aphodius aboriginalis, Aphodius shoshonis, Aphodius laminicola, Aphodius mediaevus, Aphodius praeemptor, Aphodius senex (106384)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Aphodius krantzi (123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Aphodius schlickumi, Aphodius helvolus (122010)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Aphodius sp. (160861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Aphodius sp. (114003)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Aphodius antiquus (115304) Aphodius brevipennis (117252) Aphodius meyeri (115305)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Tuscany) Aphodius bosniaskii (113751)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (Niedersachsen) Aphodius rufipes (109196)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Greenland Aphodius sp. (160109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Aphodius sp. (153617)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Russian Federation Aphodius sp. (163069)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Pennsylvania) Aphodius precursor (20479)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan Aphodius sp. (165700 165704)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Japan (Kumamoto) Aphodius sp. (164901)
Chibanian0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation Aphodius sp. (163090 163091 163092 163093 163095 163096 163097 163098)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (Warwickshire) Aphodius sp. (169388 169389 169393 169394 169395 169396 169399 169400) Aphodius sp., Aphodius sp. A (169391 169392)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom Aphodius sp., Heptaulacus sus (168264) Aphodius spp. (168268 168269 168270) Aphodius spp., Aphodius carpetanus, Aphodius conspurcatus, Heptaulacus sus (168265) Aphodius spp., Heptaulacus testudinarius (168266 168271 168272) Aphodius spp., Heptaulacus testudinarius, Heptaulacus sus (168267)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Aphodius sp. (166083 166084)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Aphodius sp. (164903 164919 164920)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation (Astrakhan) Aphodius sp., Aphodius sp., Aphodius sp., Aphodius sp., Aphodius sp. (125794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) Aphodius sp. (169347) Aphodius spp. (169350 169353)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Aphodius sp. (137208)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Aphodius holdereri (163112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation Aphodius sp. (153436 153438 153439 153440 153441 153442 153443 153444 153445 153446 163104 163105 173201 173202 173203 173204 173208 173210)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) Aphodius sp. (169365 169366 169367 169370 169371 169374) Aphodius spp. (169359) Diapterna hamata (157092 167662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Aphodius sp., Aphodius spp., Aphodius rufipes, Aphodius fossor, Aphodius distinctus, Aphodius plagiatus, Aphodius fimitarius, Aphodius sp. A (163070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Aphodius granarius, Aphodius subater, Aphodius rufipes, Aphodius rhinocerontis, Aphodius ruthenus, Aphodius boryslavicus (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Northamptonshire) Aphodius holdereri (163111)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117USA (Pennsylvania) Aphodius sp. (137201 137204 137205 137206)