Otophorus

Otophorus
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: Otophorus
Mulsant, 1842
Species:
O. haemorrhoidalis
Binomial name
Otophorus haemorrhoidalis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus haemorrhoidalis Linnaeus, 1758
  • Otophorus haemorrhoidalis totoniger Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2005
  • Aphodius (Otophorus) haemorrhoidalis circumdatus Dellacasa, 1983
  • Aphodius haemorrhoidalis crudus Schmidt, 1917
  • Aphodius triplagiatus Harold, 1862
  • Otophorus haemorrhoidalis humeralis Mulsant, 1842
  • Otophorus haemorrhoidalis rubidus Mulsant, 1842
  • Scarabaeus bimaculatus Kugelann, 1792
  • Scarabaeus sanguinolentus Herbst, 1783

Otophorus is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Otophorus haemorrhoidalis, which has a wide distribution in the Holarctic region and is also found in Mexico.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in). They have a short, strongly convex, moderately shiny, nearly glabrous body. They are blackish, although the elytra are sometimes reddish apically or have a small reddish humeral spot. The elytra might even be blackish apically with some reddish spots at the shoulder, or entirely dark reddish.

Distribution

Palaearctic: Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China (Ningxia, Xinjiang, Xizang), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mongolia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Montenegro, Romania, the Russian Far East, Serbia, Siberia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. Nearctic: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan), the United States (California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Wisconsin). Neotropical: Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León).

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  2. 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 12, 2026.
  3. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Otophorus haemorrhoidalis 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 (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved October 12, 2026.