Agoliinus piceus

Agoliinus piceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Agoliinus
Species:	A. piceus
Binomial name
	Agoliinus piceus; (Gyllenhal, 1808)
Synonyms
	Aphodius piceus Gyllenhal, 1808; Aphodius ambulans Gistel, 1857; Aphodius alpicola Mulsant, 1842; Aphodius alpicola orobius Mulsant, 1842; Aphodius melanarius Germar, 1823;

Agoliinus piceus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Austria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia (including the Russian Far East and Siberia), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in). They have a quite strongly convex, shiny, glabrous, black body, with the anterior margin of the head and often also the tips of the elytra reddish.

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved November 10, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Agoliinus piceus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 10, 2026.
1 2 Balthasar, V. (1964). "Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region Coleoptera: Lamellicornia Aphodiidae" (PDF). Tchechoslowakische Akademie Der Wissenschaften Prag. 3: 1-652. Retrieved November 10, 2026.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Agoliinus piceus at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2025-10-10 XR). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved November 10, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Balthasar, V. (1964). "Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region Coleoptera: Lamellicornia Aphodiidae" (PDF). Tchechoslowakische Akademie Der Wissenschaften Prag. 3: 1-652. Retrieved November 10, 2026.