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Eupleurus Mulsant 1842
Eupleurus Mulsant 1842: 170.
Photo by P. Skelley.
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Type species. Scarabaeus subterraneus Linnaeus 1758: 348, by monotypy.
= Coprimorphus (groupe Eupleurus) Mulsant and Rey
1870(1869): 395.
Diagnosis. Body length 6.9-7.3 mm, elongate, robust, black. Pronotum with fine and coarse puncture, coarse punctures irregularly distributed and widely scattered. Scutellum large, triangular. Metatibial apical spinules short, equal in length.
Distribution. Palearctic; northeastern North America (introduced).
Composition. Worldwide, Eupleurus contains 2 species, one of which occurs in the New World.
Eupleurus subterraneus (Linnaeus 1758: 348) [Scarabaeus], Palaearctic, introduced in northeastern North America.
= Aphodius coerulescens Harold 1861: 103.
= Aphodius fuscipennis Mulsant 1842: 171.
= Aphodius fuscus Dalla Torre 1879: 106.
= Aphodius ruber Dalla Torre 1879: 106.
= Aphodius rufus Dalla Torre 1879: 106.
= Aphodius subcarpathicus Roubal 1936: 324.
= Scarabaeus sulcatus Fabricius 1792: 24.
Life History. Unknown.
Larvae. The larvae of E. subterraneus is described by Zhang (1984).
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.
Zhang, Z.-l. 1984. Economic insects of China. Fasc. 28. Coleoptera: larvae of Scrabaeoidea. Science Press, Beijing, i-vi, 1-107 pp. [in Chinese]
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| Author: Paul Skelley Generated on: 01/MAY/08.....Last modified: 01/MAY/08 University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology |