Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods) ➔ Class Insecta (Insects) ➔ Order Coleoptera (Beetles) ➔ Family Aphodiidae (Aphodiine dung beetles)

Aphodius fimetarius/pedellus

Gemeiner Dungkäfer

Synonyms and other combinations:

Scarabaeus fimetarius Linnaeus, 1758 |

  • Aphodius cf. fimetarius/pedellus 3422
    Aphodius fimetarius/pedellus  Gemeiner Dungkäfer   
    Aphodius cf. fimetarius/pedellus
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-05-22 13:48:59
    Image number: 3422

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-05-22 13:48:59
  • Aphodius cf. fimetarius/pedellus 3423
    Aphodius fimetarius/pedellus  Gemeiner Dungkäfer   
    Aphodius cf. fimetarius/pedellus
    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald; 2010-05-22 13:49:35
    Image number: 3423

    DE, Chemnitz, Zeisigwald
    2010-05-22 13:49:35

Classification:
Aphodius fimetarius/pedellus belongs to the subfamily Aphodiinae, tribe Aphodiini.

References, further reading, links:
  1. Schoolmeesters P. (2019). Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Arved Lompe: Die Käfer Europas - Ein Bestimmungswerk im Internet
  3. Miraldo, Andreia & Krell, Frank-Thorsten & Smalén, Mirjami & Angus, Robert & Roslin, Tomas. (2014). Making the cryptic visible: resolving the species complex of Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758) and Aphodius pedellus (DeGeer 1774) (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae) by three complementary methods. Systematic Entomology. 39. 10.1111/syen.12079.