''Liothorax'' is a genus of
beetles
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
belonging to the subfamily
Aphodiinae
Aphodiinae is a subfamily of the scarab beetle family, Scarabaeidae. Members of this subfamily are known commonly as the small dung beetles and many, but not all, are dung beetles.Skelley, P. EAphodiinae. Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles ...
.
The species of this genus are found in Europe, Asia, North America, and Central America.
Species
These 10 species belong to the genus ''Liothorax''. Several of these species have been transferred from the genus ''Aphodius''.[
* '' Liothorax alternatus'' (Horn, 1870)
* '' Liothorax consociatus'' (Horn, 1887)
* '' Liothorax innexus'' (Say, 1835)
* '' Liothorax isikdagensis'' (Balthasar, 1952)
* '' Liothorax kraatzi'' (Harold, 1868)
* '' Liothorax levatus'' (Schmidt, 1907)
* '' Liothorax niger'' (Illiger, 1798)
* '' Liothorax plagiatus'' (Linnaeus, 1767)
* '' Liothorax rusakovi'' (Gusakov, 2004)
* '' Liothorax subaeneus'' (LeConte, 1857)
]
References
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Scarabaeidae
Scarabaeidae genera
Taxa named by Victor Motschulsky