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Dialytodius Gordon and Skelley 2007
Dialytodius Gordon and Skelley 2007: 239.

 
Dialytodius decipiens (Horn)
Photo by P. Skelley.
Classification
Superfamily.....
Family........... Subfamily......
Tribe.............
Scarabaeoidea
Scarabaeidae
Aphodiinae
Aphodiini
 

 

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Type species. Aphodius decipiens Horn 1887: 28, by original designation.

 
 
Diagnosis. Body length 8-5.0 mm, elongate, weakly flattened, brown to dark brown. Pronotum densely, coarsely punctured. Elytral intervals distinctly convex to tectiform, some with minute setae.
 
 
 
Distribution. Northwestern North America.
 
Composition. Dialytodius contains 4 species.

Dialytodius carri
(Brown 1929: 89) [Aphodius], NW-USA, SW-Canada.
Dialytodius decipiens (Horn 1887: 28) [Aphodius], NW-USA, Alberta-Canada.
Dialytodius olympicus Gordon and Skelley 2007: 243, WA-USA.
Dialytodius rogersi (Hatch 1971: 449) [Aphodius], NW-USA, BC-Canada.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Life History. Rarely collected, members of Dialytodius appear to be rodent associates, possibly rodent dung generalists. Known hosts include pocket gophers, marmots, and prairie dogs.
 
 
 
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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