Limarus maculatus

Limarus maculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Limarus
Species:	L. maculatus
Binomial name
	Limarus maculatus; (Sturm, 1800)
Synonyms
	Aphodius maculatus Sturm, 1800; Aphodius (Limarus) maculatus brevifasciata Tesař, 1955; Aphodius maculatus brevifascia Schmidt, 1917; Aphodius maculatus involutus Schmidt, 1917; Aphodius maculatus immaculatus Schilsky, 1888; Aphodius maculatus fasciata Dalla Torre, 1879; Aphodius maculatus obsoleta Dalla Torre, 1879; Aphodius styriacus Grimmer, 1841; Aphodius tessulatus Creutzer, 1799;

Limarus maculatus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Ukraine.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in). They have a strongly convex, glossy, glabrous, blackish-brown to black body, with the anterior margin of the head and the sides of the pronotum light reddish-brown. The elytra are light brown with a blackened suture and two rows of black spots.

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved November 3, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Limarus maculatus 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 3, 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 3, 2026.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Limarus maculatus 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 3, 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 3, 2026.