Oxyomus sylvestris

Oxyomus sylvestris is a species of aphodiine dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.[1][2][3][4][5] It occurs in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa.[1] It is saprophagous rather than a "true" dung beetle.[6]

Oxyomus sylvestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Oxyomus
Species:
O. sylvestris
Binomial name
Oxyomus sylvestris
(Scopoli, 1763)

References

  1. "Oxyomus sylvestris (Scopoli, 1763)". Fauna Europaea. Fauna Europaea Secretariat, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  2. "Oxyomus sylvestris species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  3. "Oxyomus sylvestris". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  4. "Oxyomus sylvestris Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  5. "Oxyomus sylvestris Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-06.
  6. Buse, Jörn; Šlachta, Martin; Sladecek, Frantisek X. J.; Carpaneto, Giuseppe M. (2018). "Summary of the morphological and ecological traits of Central European dung beetles". Entomological Science. 21 (3): 315–323. doi:10.1111/ens.12313.

Further reading


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.