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Aphodius rufipes (night-flying dung beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Taxonomy
Scarabaeus rufipes was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Aphodius rufipes by Lomnicki (1894), Coope et al. (1961) and Gersdorf (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scarabaeus rufipes Linnaeus p. 353
1761Scarabaeus rufipes Linnaeus p. 139
1767Scarabaeus rufipes Linnaeus p. 559
1774Scarabaeus rufipes De Geer p. 263
1775Scarabaeus rufipes Fabricius p. 19
1776Scarabaeus rufipes Müller p. 55
1777Scarabaeus rufipes Goeze p. 52
1894Aphodius rufipes Lomnicki p. 81 figs. Pl 7, fig 63
1961Aphodius rufipes Coope et al.
1971Aphodius rufipes Gersdorf p. 639 figs. Pl 61, fig 4

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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
genusAphodius
speciesrufipes()

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.

Aphodius rufipes Linnaeus 1758 [night-flying dung beetle]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available