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Strigodius Gordon and Skelley 2007
Strigodius Gordon and Skelley 2007: 237.
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Strigodius robinsoni (Cartwright)
Photo by P. Skelley. |
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Type species. Aphodius robinsoni Cartwright 1939: 359, by original designation.
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Diagnosis. Body length 3.5-4.3 mm, elongate, somewhat flattened, black. Head smooth, frontal suture obsolete, lacking tubercles. Clypeus with acute tooth each side of median emargination. Head and pronotum with coarse, nearly contiguous punctures; dorsal surface dull. Elytra with intervals sharply multiply carinate. Metatibial apical spinules short, equal in length. Paramere of male with long, narrow dorsal appendage. |
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Distribution. Eastern North America. |
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Composition. Strigodius contains a single species.
Strigodius robinsoni (Cartwright 1939: 359) [Aphodius], E-USA. |
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Life History. Strigodius is a deer dung feeder. |
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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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