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Aphodius fossor

Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

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

It was recombined as Aphodius fossor by Coope et al. (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scarabaeus fossor Linnaeus p. 348
1761Scarabaeus fossor Linnaeus p. 134
1767Scarabaeus fossor Linnaeus p. 548
1774Scarabaeus fossor De Geer p. 264
1775Scarabaeus fossor Fabricius p. 14
1776Scarabaeus fossor Müller p. 53
1777Scarabaeus fossor Goeze p. 21
1961Aphodius fossor Coope et al.

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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
speciesfossor()

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 fossor Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
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