Aphotaenius Explained

Aphotaenius is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about five described species in Aphotaenius.

Species

These five species belong to the genus Aphotaenius:

• Aphotaenius cambeforti Chalumeau, 1983
• Aphotaenius carolinus (Van Dyke, 1928)
• Aphotaenius convexus (Harold, 1880)
• Aphotaenius howdeni Cartwright, 1963
• Aphotaenius plaumanni Cartwright, 1963

Further reading

• Web site: 2019-07-02. A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae). 2001. Mathison. Blaine A.. Hardy. Martin. Bezdek. Aleš. Schoolmeesters. Paul. 2019-01-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107124458/http://coleoptera.org/p735.htm. dead.
• Web site: 2019-07-02. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. Ratcliffe. Brett. Jameson. Mary Liz. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. 2019-03-30. dead.
• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. 2006. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-30914-2.