Biology:Oxyomus sylvestris

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Short description: Species of beetle

Oxyomus sylvestris
Oxyomus sylvestris Jacobson.png
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Oxyomus
Species:
O. sylvestris
Binomial name
Oxyomus sylvestris
(Scopoli, 1763)

Oxyomus sylvestris is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It occurs in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa.[1] It is saprophagous rather than a "true" dung beetle.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Oxyomus sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/02ad4ae4-5e44-4a6d-9e64-e377007c6dd2. 
  2. "Oxyomus sylvestris species details". http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/details/species/id/1947ae355475b2d6df767df589e6bc7d. Retrieved 2018-04-06. 
  3. "Oxyomus sylvestris". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/1066713. 
  4. "Oxyomus sylvestris Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/108343. Retrieved 2018-04-06. 
  5. "Oxyomus sylvestris Overview". http://eol.org/pages/141182/overview. Retrieved 2018-04-06. 
  6. Buse, Jörn; Šlachta, Martin; Sladecek, Frantisek X. J.; Carpaneto, Giuseppe M. (2018). "Summary of the morphological and ecological traits of Central European dung beetles". Entomological Science 21 (3): 315–323. doi:10.1111/ens.12313. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2910816 entry