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Dialytellus Brown 1929
Dialytellus Brown 1929: 211

 
Dialytellus dialytoides (Fall)
Photo by P. Skelley.
Classification
Superfamily.....
Family........... Subfamily......
Tribe.............
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Aphodiinae
Aphodiini
 

 

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Type species. Aphodius humeralis LeConte 1878: 459, by original designation.

 
 
Diagnosis. Body length 3.2-4.6 mm, elongate, robust, dark brown to black. Lateral margin of pronotum emarginate at base. Elytral humerus dentate.
 
 
 
Distribution. Northeastern North America.
 
Composition. Dialytellus contains 2 species.

Dialytellus dialytoides (Fall 1907: 247) [Aphodius], SE-Canada, NE-USA.
Dialytellus tragicus Schmidt 1916: 97, SE-Canada, NE-USA.
                  = Aphodius humeralis LeConte 1878: 459 [not Aphodius
                  haemorrhoidalis var. humeralis Mulsant 1842].
                  = Aphodius lecontei Balthasar 1941: 93 [unnecessary
                  replacement name].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life History. Rarely collected, adults have been found on deer dung. Some evidence indicates they may also feed on rotting fungus.
 
 
 
Larvae. Unknown.
 

References:
Gordon, R. D., and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 79: 580 pp.

 
 
 
 
   
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