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Australaphodius
Balthasar, 1942
Aphodius (Australaphodius) Balthasar, 1942: 203
 

Australaphodius frenchi (Blackburn)
Photo by Paul Skelley.
 

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Type species: Aphodius melbournicus Balthasar, 1942, by monotypy.
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Synonym: Phaeaphodius Reitter, 1892: 67; type species: Aphodius solskyi Harold, 1871 by original designation.
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Diagnosis: Color dark brown to black, without markings. Labrum and mandibles not visible in antero-dorsal view, hidden beneath expanded clypeus. Head lacking tubercles. Elytral intervals not margined at base. Pygidium entirely smooth, unmodified. Metatibia with apical spurs not separated by tarsus. Male A. frenchi are unique in the study region for having a tooth on the inner apex of the basal metatarsomere. This species is similar in general appearance to Aphodius granarius, being small, robust and black, but differing in adjacent placement of metatibial spurs and scutellum being triangular.
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Remarks: This genus is primarily African, with one species being introduced in various regions (Dellacasa et al. 2002).
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  Species: (click on species name for information)
Australaphodius frenchi (Blackburn)
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  References:
Dellacasa, M., Gordon, R.D. & Dellacasa, G. (2002) Aphodiinae described or recorded by Bates in Biologia Centrali-Americana (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiidae). Acta Zoologica Mexicana, 86, 155–223.
   
  Excerpt from:
Smith, A. B. T. and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80.
 

Authors: Andrew Smith ( Canadian Museum of Nature) and
Paul Skelley (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services).
This website is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0342189.
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