''Aphodius'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of beetles in the family

Scarabaeidae The family Scarabaeidae, as currently defined, consists of over 35,000 species of beetles worldwide; they are often called scarabs or scarab beetles. The classification of this family has undergone significant change. Several groups formerly tre ...

. In most species both the adults and

larvae A larva (; : larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into their next life stage. Animals with indirect developmental biology, development such as insects, some arachnids, amphibians, or cnidarians typical ...

are

coprophagous Coprophagia ( ) or coprophagy ( ) is the consumption of feces. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek "feces" and "to eat". Coprophagy refers to many kinds of feces-eating, including eating feces of other species (heterospecifics), of o ...

(dung feeding) although some species have

herbivorous A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically evolved to feed on plants, especially upon vascular tissues such as foliage, fruits or seeds, as the main component of its diet. These more broadly also encompass animals that eat n ...

saprophagous Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ...

larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate

dung beetle Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces. All species of dung beetle belong to the superfamily Scarabaeoidea, most of them to the subfamilies Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae of the family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles). As most species of Scara ...

communities in north temperate ecosystems. Most species are functionally classified as endocoprids, also known as dwellers, because the larvae live and feed within the dung pat itself. With a discovery of an earlier published version by Hellwig, the correct citation for this genus is now: ''Aphodius'' Hellwig, 1798 (p. 101; 24 January). Type species by subsequent designation by Latreille (1810): ''Scarabaeus fimetarius'' Linnaeus, 1758.ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, M.A. & KRELL, F.T. 2011. Change of authorship of ''Aphodius'' and ''Oryctes'' to Hellwig, 1798 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zootaxa 3060: 67–68. https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.3060.1.5/20827

Species

These 44 species belong to the genus ''Aphodius'', including 21 extinct species. * '' Aphodius beloni'' Mulsant & Godart, 1879 * '' Aphodius calichromus'' Balthasar, 1932 * '' Aphodius cardinalis'' Reitter, 1892 * '' Aphodius clypeatus'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1821 * '' Aphodius coniugatus'' (Panzer, 1795) * '' Aphodius corallifer'' Koshantschikov, 1913 * '' Aphodius crux'' Wiedemann, 1823 * ''

Aphodius elegans ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate d ...

'' Allibert, 1847 * '' Aphodius fasciger'' Harold, 1881 * '' Aphodius fimetarius'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Aphodius foetidus'' (Herbst, 1783) * '' Aphodius guangdongensis'' Maté, 2008 * '' Aphodius irregularis'' Westwood, 1839 * ''

Aphodius marginatus ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate dun ...

'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1842 * ''

Aphodius micros ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate dun ...

'' Walker, 1871 * ''

Aphodius minatorius ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate dun ...

'' Péringuey, 1908 * ''

Aphodius pedellus ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate d ...

'' (Degeer, 1774) * ''

Aphodius pedrosi ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate d ...

'' Wollaston, 1854 * ''

Aphodius plasoni ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate d ...

'' Käufel, 1914 * ''

Aphodius reginae ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate d ...

'' Král, 1997 * ''

Aphodius spadix ''Aphodius'' is a genus of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. In most species both the adults and larvae are coprophagous (dung feeding) although some species have herbivorous or saprophagous larvae. ''Aphodius'' species typically dominate d ...

'' Schmidt, 1916 * '' Aphodius swaneticus'' Reitter, 1892 * '' Aphodius thoracicus'' Fischer von Waldheim, 1842 * † '' Aphodius aboriginalis'' Wickham, 1912 * † '' Aphodius anteactus'' Krell, 2000 * † '' Aphodius bosniaskii'' Handlirsch, 1907 * † '' Aphodius brevipennis'' Heer, 1862 * † '' Aphodius charauxi'' Piton, 1940 * † '' Aphodius cretaceous'' Nikolajev, 2008 * † '' Aphodius florissantensis'' Wickham, 1911 * † '' Aphodius granarioides'' Wickham, 1913 * † '' Aphodius helvolus'' Statz, 1952 * † '' Aphodius inundatus'' Wickham, 1914 * † '' Aphodius krantzi'' Heyden & Heyden, 1866 * † '' Aphodius laminicola'' Wickham, 1910 * † '' Aphodius mediaevus'' Wickham, 1914 * † '' Aphodius meyeri'' Heer, 1847 * † '' Aphodius praeemptor'' Wickham, 1913 * † '' Aphodius precursor'' Horn, 1876 * † '' Aphodius schlickumi'' Statz, 1952 * † '' Aphodius senex'' Wickham, 1914 * † '' Aphodius shoshonis'' Wickham, 1912 * † '' Aphodius theobaldi'' Krell, 2000 * † '' Aphodius vectis'' Krell, 2019 The species of the following genera were formerly classified in ''Aphodius'': : '' Acrossus'' Mulsant, 1842 : '' Agoliinus'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Alloblackburneus'' Bordat, 2009 : '' Ballucus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Blackburneus'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Calamosternus'' Motschulsky, 1859 : '' Caligodorus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Cephalocyclus'' Dellacasa et al., 1998 : '' Chilothorax'' Motschulsky, 1859 : '' Cinacanthus'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Coelotrachelus'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Colobopterus'' Mulsant, 1842 : '' Cryptoscatomaseter'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Dellacasiellus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Dialytodius'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Drepanocanthoides'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Eupleurus'' Mulsant, 1842 : '' Flaviellus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Geomyphilus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Haroldiellus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Hornosus'' Dellacasa, Dellacasa & Gordon, 2015 : '' Irrasinus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Labarrus'' Mulsant & Rey, 1869 : '' Lechorodius'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Liothorax'' Motschulsky, 1859 : '' Luxolinus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Maculaphodius'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Melinopterus'' Mulsant, 1842 : '' Mendidius'' Harold, 1868 : '' Merogyrus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Neotrichonotulus'' Dellacasa et al., 2004 : '' Nialaphodius'' Kolbe, 1908 : '' Orodaliscoides'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Oscarinus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Otophorus'' Mulsant, 1842 : '' Oxyomoides'' Dellacasa et al., 2016 : '' Pardalosus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Phaeaphodius'' Reitter, 1892 : '' Planolinellus'' Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005 : '' Planolinoides'' Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005 : '' Planolinus'' Mulsant & Rey, 1869 : '' Pseudagolius'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Rugaphodius'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Scabrostomus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Schaefferellus'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Setodius'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Stenotothorax'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Strigodius'' Gordon & Skelley, 2007 : '' Tetraclipeoides'' Schmidt, 1913 : '' Teuchestes'' Mulsant, 1842 : '' Trichaphodioides'' Paulian, 1942 : '' Trichonotulus'' Bedel, 1911

References

* Scarabaeidae Scarabaeidae genera Taxa named by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger {{Scarabaeidae-stub