Oxyomus sylvestris explained

Oxyomus sylvestris is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It occurs in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa. It is saprophagous rather than a "true" dung beetle.

Further reading

• Book: Arnett . R.H. Jr.. Thomas . M. C.. Skelley . P. E.. Frank . J. H.. 2002. American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. 978-0849309540.
• A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiini). 2007. Gordon . Robert D.. Skelley . Paul E. . amp . Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 79 . 1–580. 978-1-887988-23-0.
• Book: Hardy . A.. 1991. A catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico: Family Scarabaeidae, subfamilies Rutelinae and Dynastinae. USDA Agriculture Handbook.
• Book: LeConte . J.L.. 1861. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Smithsonian Institution. 3. 136. 0665100558. 10.5962/bhl.title.38459. free.
• Riley . Edward G.. Wolfe . Charles S.. 2003. An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas. Southwestern Entomologist . Supplement.
• Book: White. Richard E.. 1998. 1983. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 0395910897. registration.

External links

• Web site: 2018-04-06. Ratcliffe. Brett. Jameson. Mary Liz. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles. https://web.archive.org/web/20190330151517/http://www.museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Guide-introduction/Guideintro.html. 2019-03-30. dead.