Pleurophorus

Pleurophorus
Pleurophorus caesus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Scarabaeidae
Tribe:Psammodiini
Genus:Pleurophorus
Mulsant, 1842

Pleurophorus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are at least 30 described species in Pleurophorus.[1][2][3][4]

Species

These 34 species belong to the genus Pleurophorus:

  • Pleurophorus africanus Pittino, 1984 c g
  • Pleurophorus akamasicus Pittino & Miessen, 2007 c g
  • Pleurophorus anatolicus Petrovitz, 1961 c g
  • Pleurophorus apicipennis Reitter, 1892 c g
  • Pleurophorus arabicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus banksi Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus beccarii Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus bengalensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus besucheti Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus caesus (Panzer, 1796) i c g b
  • Pleurophorus cambeforti Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus capicola Péringuey, 1901 c g
  • Pleurophorus cracens Motschulsky, 1863 c g
  • Pleurophorus dinajpurensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus edithae Endrödi, 1973 c g
  • Pleurophorus formosanus Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus impressicollis (Boheman, 1858) c
  • Pleurophorus laticollis Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus ledouxi Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus madagassus Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus maghrebinicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus mediterranicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus micros (Bates, 1887) i
  • Pleurophorus nepalensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus opacus Reitter, 1892 c g
  • Pleurophorus pannonicus Petrovitz, 1961 c g
  • Pleurophorus parvulus (Chevrolat, 1864) i g
  • Pleurophorus raffrayi Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus schereri Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus setosus Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus thailandicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986 c g
  • Pleurophorus tonkinensis Balthasar, 1933 c g
  • Pleurophorus torretassoi Schatzmayer, 1930 c g
  • Pleurophorus villiersi Bordat, 1984 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[1] c = Catalogue of Life,[2] g = GBIF,[3] b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Pleurophorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  2. 1 2 "Browse Pleurophorus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. 1 2 "Pleurophorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. 1 2 "Pleurophorus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • Hardy, A. (1991). A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, Subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae (PDF). USDA Agriculture Handbook.
  • Harpootlian, Phillip J. (2001). Scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of South Carolina. Clemson University Public Service.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.

  • Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  • Media related to Pleurophorus at Wikimedia Commons


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