Pleurophorus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Scarabaeiformia
Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Aphodiinae
Tribus: Psammodiini
Subtribus: Psammodiina
Genus: Pleurophorus
Species (32): P. africanus – P. akamasicus – P. anatolicus – P. apicipennis – P. arabicus – P. banksi – P. beccarii – P. bengalensis – P. besucheti – P. caesus – P. cambeforti – P. capicola – P. cracens – P. dinajpurensis – P. edithae – P. formosanus – P. impressicollis – P. laticollis – P. ledouxi – P. madagassus – P. maghrebinicus – P. mediterranicus – P. nepalensis – P. opacus – P. pannonicus – P. raffrayi – P. schereri – P. setosus – P. thailandicus – P. tonkinensis – P. torretassoi – P. villiersi
Name

Pleurophorus Mulsant, 1842

Type species:

References
Additional references

Pittino, R.; Miessen, G. 2007: A new species of the genus Pleurophorus Mulsant, 1842 from Western Cyprus (Coleoptera, Aphodiidae, Psammodiinae). Kogane (8): 75–79.

Links

Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/col. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page. [accessed on April 18, 2017]

Pleurophorus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 30 described species in Pleurophorus.[1][2][3]

Species

These 37 species belong to the genus Pleurophorus:

Pleurophorus africanus Pittino, 1984
Pleurophorus akamasicus Pittino & Miessen, 2007
Pleurophorus anatolicus Petrovitz, 1961
Pleurophorus apicipennis Reitter, 1892
Pleurophorus arabicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus banksi Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus beccarii Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus bengalensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus besucheti Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus caesus (Panzer, 1796)
Pleurophorus cambeforti Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus capicola Péringuey, 1901
Pleurophorus cracens Motschulsky, 1863
Pleurophorus dinajpurensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus dubius C.Wanner
Pleurophorus edithae Endrödi, 1973
Pleurophorus elongatus Moore, 1861
Pleurophorus formosanus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus impressicollis (Boheman, 1858)
Pleurophorus laticollis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus ledouxi Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus madagassus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus maghrebinicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus mediterranicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus micros (Bates, 1887)
Pleurophorus natalensis
Pleurophorus nepalensis Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus opacus Reitter, 1892
Pleurophorus pannonicus Petrovitz, 1961
Pleurophorus parvulus (Chevrolat, 1864)
Pleurophorus raffrayi Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus schereri Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus setosus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus thailandicus Pittino & Mariani, 1986
Pleurophorus tonkinensis Balthasar, 1933
Pleurophorus torretassoi Schatzmayer, 1930
Pleurophorus villiersi Bordat, 1984

References

"Pleurophorus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
"Pleurophorus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

"Pleurophorus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

Mathison, Blaine A.; Hardy, Martin; Bezdek, Aleš; Schoolmeesters, Paul (2001). "A Worldwide Checklist of the Tribes and Genera of Aegialiinae, Aphodiinae, Termitotroginae, Aulonocneminae, Scarabaeinae, and Coprinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae)". Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Ratcliffe, Brett; Jameson, Mary Liz. "Generic Guide to New World Scarab Beetles". Archived from the original on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.