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Setodius Gordon and Skelley 2007
Setodius Gordon and Skelley 2007: 283.
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Setodius diogenes Gordon and Skelley
Photo by P. Skelley. |
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Type species. Aphodius suspectus Mann 1911: 107, by original designation.
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Diagnosis. Body length 3.4-5.0 mm, elongate, parallel-sided, not flattened, black, elytral often paler. Head lacking frontal tubercles, surface heavily rugose or coarsely punctured. Clypeus rounded each side of middle. Pronotum lateral margin with setal fringe; with basal marginal line. Scutellum pentagonal, not depressed below surface. Elytral surface often entirely or partially pubescent. Metatibial apical spinules short, equal in length. |
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Distribution. Northwestern North America. |
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Composition. Setodius contains 3 species.
Setodius bryanti (Brown 1929: 88) [Aphodius], SW-Canada, NW-USA.
Setodius edmontonus (Brown 1929: 87 [Aphodius]), Alberta-Canada.
Setodius diogenes Gordon and Skelley 2007: 286, NW-USA.
= Aphodius suspectus Mann 1911: 107 [not Aphodius
suspectus Sharp 1876: 70]. |
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Life History. Collecting data for all species indicate they are associated with ants. |
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Larvae. Unknown. |
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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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Author: Paul Skelley
Generated on: 05/MAY/08.....Last
modified: 05/MAY/08
University of Nebraska State Museum - Division of Entomology |
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