Biology:Aphodiites
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Short description: Extinct genus of beetles
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| Genus: | †Aphodiites Heer, 1865
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| Species: | †A. protogaeus
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| †Aphodiites protogaeus Heer, 1865
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Aphodiites is a genus of fossil beetles from the Lias (Lower Jurassic) of Schambelen (Aargau, Switzerland ),[1] and the oldest fossil in the superfamily Scarabaeoidea.[2] Its affinities are not apparent; it was initially placed in the Aphodiinae (Scarabaeidae), but its diagnostic characters are shared by beetles such as Glaresis (Glaresidae).[2]
References
- ↑ Frank-Thorsten Krell (2006). "Fossil record and evolution of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 60 (sp5): 120–14. doi:10.1649/0010-065X(2006)60[120:FRAEOS2.0.CO;2].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dirk Ahrens (2004). Phylogeny and zoogeography of the Sericini in the Himalayan region (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) (Doktor der Naturwissenschaften thesis). Freie Universität Berlin.
Wikidata ☰ Q14613346 entry
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