Agrilinus ater explained

Agrilinus ater is a species of beetle in family Scarabaeidae, found in the Palearctic.[1] [2] [3] It is a mid-successional species of sheep and cattle dung [4]

This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.

Notes and References

  1. Bunalski, M. (1999). Die Blatthornkäfer Mitteleuropas. Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea. Bestimmung – Verbreitung -Ökologie. Bratislava: František Slamka.
  2. Jessop, L. (1986). Dung beetles and chafers. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, vol. 5, part 11. London: Royal Entomological Society.
  3. [Fauna Europaea]
  4. Lisa Webb The Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae and Hydrophilidae) of Ayrshire, Scotland Volume 63 Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society online

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