Biology:Melinopterus prodromus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Melinopterus prodromus
Invalid status (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Genus: Melinopterus
Species:
M. prodromus
Binomial name
Melinopterus prodromus
(Brahm, 1790)
Synonyms[3]
  • Melinopterus rapax Aphodius gisteli
  • Scarabaeus prodromus Brahm, 1790[2]
  • Faldermann, 1835 Strand, 1917
  • Melinopterus discoidalis Aphodius discoidalis
  • Aphodius rapax Gistel, 1857
  • Melinopterus gisteli

Melinopterus prodromus is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic[3][4][5] and in North America,[3] where it is an exotic species.[1]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Melinopterus prodromus Spring Small Dung Beetle". NatureServe. 2 December 2022. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.746358/Melinopterus_prodromus. 
  2. ↑ Insektenkalender für Sammler und Oekonomen, Mainz, Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1790–1791.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7ce7cd47-2954-4b5a-9037-be62be703b6e. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790)". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3ZFQJ. 
  5. ↑ Norman H. Joy, , 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles

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