Labarrus lividus

Labarrus lividus
Labarrus lividus, 4.4 mm, Antalya province, Turkey
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Labarrus
Species:
L. lividus
Binomial name
Labarrus lividus
(Olivier, 1789)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius lividus Olivier, 1789
  • Aphodius maculicollis Montrouzier, 1860
  • Aphodius sequens Walker, 1858
  • Aphodius fimetifex Gistel, 1857
  • Aphodius hircinus Gistel, 1857
  • Aphodius scutellaris Roth, 1851
  • Aphodius spilopterus Germar, 1848
  • Aphodius cincticulus Hope, 1846
  • Aphodius discus Wiedemann, 1823
  • Aphodius limbatus Wiedemann & Germar, 1821
  • Scarabaeus bilituratus Marsham, 1802
  • Aphodius anachoreta Fabricius, 1801
  • Aphodius obsoletus Fabricius, 1801
  • Scarabaeus vespertinus Panzer, 1799
  • Scarabaeus limicola Panzer, 1798
  • Scarabaeus suturalis Fabricius, 1792
  • Aphodius lividus matusitai Nakane, 1961

Labarrus lividus is a species of dung beetles in the subfamily Aphodiinae.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3–4.5 mm (0.12–0.18 in). The clypeus is clearly emarginate, and anteriorly rugosely punctured. The pronotum is strongly convex, with punctures of two sizes, and with the larger punctures scarce.

Distribution

Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azores, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, China (Beijing), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India (Himachal Pradesh), Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Madeira, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan. Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mauretania, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Madagascar. Nearctic: USA (Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Texas). Neotropical: Brazil (Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pernambuco), Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Santo Domingo, Suriname. Australian: Australia, Papua New Guinea. Oriental: India (Andaman & Nicobar, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh).

Subspecies

References

  1. 1 2 "Labarrus lividus species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  2. ↑ Gama, E. R.; Skelley, P. E.; Vaz-de-Mello, F. Z. (2026). "Identification guide to the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Brazil". European Journal of Taxonomy. 1038 (1): 1–225. Retrieved September 21, 2026.  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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