Melinopterus

Melinopterus
Melinopterus consputus, Greece
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Genus: Melinopterus
Mulsant, 1842

Melinopterus is a genus of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Melinopterus.

Melinopterus prodromus, Switzerland

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Melinopterus. Some of these were previously members of the genus Aphodius.

References

  1. ↑ "Melinopterus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  2. ↑ "Melinopterus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  3. 1 2 "Melinopterus Mulsant, 1842". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  4. 1 2 Gordon, Robert D. & Skelley, Paul E. (2007). "A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiini)". Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 79: 1–580. ISBN 978-1-887988-23-0.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)