Biology:Melinopterus prodromus
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Short description: Species of beetle
Melinopterus prodromus | |
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Invalid status (NatureServe)[1]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Subfamily: | Aphodiinae |
Tribe: | Aphodiini |
Genus: | Melinopterus |
Species: | M. prodromus
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Binomial name | |
Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790)
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Synonyms[3] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Melinopterus prodromus Spring Small Dung Beetle". NatureServe. 2 December 2022. https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.746358/Melinopterus_prodromus.
- ↑ Insektenkalender für Sammler und Oekonomen, Mainz, Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1790–1791.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790)". https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3ZFQJ.
- ↑ Norman H. Joy, , 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q14898332 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinopterus prodromus.
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