Biology:Agrilinus ater

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Short description: Species of beetle

Agrilinus ater
Aphodius ater ater (Degeer, 1774) (2983543509).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Agrilinus
Species:
A. ater
Binomial name
Agrilinus ater
(Degeer, 1774)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius ater (De Geer, 1774)

Agrilinus ater is a species of beetle in family Scarabaeidae, found in the Palearctic.[1][2][3] It is a mid-successional species of sheep and cattle dung [4]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.[5]

References

  1. Bunalski, M. (1999). Die Blatthornkäfer Mitteleuropas. Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea. Bestimmung – Verbreitung -Ökologie. Bratislava: František Slamka.
  2. Jessop, L. (1986). Dung beetles and chafers. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol. 5, part 11. London: Royal Entomological Society.
  3. Fauna Europaea
  4. Lisa Webb The Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) of Ayrshire, Scotland Volume 63 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society online
  5. "Agrilinus ater (De Geer, 1774)". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/B3NQ. 

Wikidata ☰ Q14895662 entry