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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