Eupleurus subterraneus
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Eupleurus |
| Species: | E. subterraneus |
| Binomial name | |
| Eupleurus subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Eupleurus subterraneus is a species of scarab beetle found in Europe, Asia, and North America.
Description
Adults reach a length of about 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in). They have an elongate, parallel, longitudinally flattened, shiny, glabrous, black body. The elytra may have a blue metallic shine or might even be bright red.
Subspecies
These two subspecies belong to the species Eupleurus subterraneus:
- Eupleurus subterraneus krasnojarskicus (Dellacasa, 1986) (Russia)
- Eupleurus subterraneus subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China [Xinjiang, Xizang], Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Russia Far East, Siberia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Canada [New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec], United States [Maine, Maryland])
Taxonomy
This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.
References
- ↑ Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm
- ↑ Dellacasa, G.; Bordat, P.; Dellacasa, M. (2000). "A revisional essay of world genus-group taxa of Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae)" (PDF). Memorie Della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova. 79: 1-482. Retrieved October 19, 2026.
- ↑ "Eupleurus subterraneus (Linnaeus, 1758)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Norman H. Joy, 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
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