Nobius serotinus

Nobius serotinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Nobius
Species:	N. serotinus
Binomial name
	Nobius serotinus; (Panzer, 1799)
Synonyms
	Scarabaeus serotinus Panzer, 1799; Aphodius (Nobius) serotinus kochi Balthasar, 1964; Aphodius (Melinopterus) x-signum Reitter, 1892; Scarabaeus minutus Herbst, 1783;

Nobius serotinus is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, China (Heilongjiang), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia (including the Russian Far East and Siberia), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in). They have an oval-elongate, moderately convex, shiny, glabrous, blackish body, with the front angles of the pronotum reddish and the elytra pale red-brownish with darker suture and a piceous discal spot, as well as a small piceous preapical spot.

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 21, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Nobius serotinus 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 October 21, 2026.
1 2 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 21, 2026.

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[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Nobius serotinus 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 October 21, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 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 21, 2026.