Parabodilus

Parabodilus
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: Parabodilus
Hollande & Thérond, 1998
Species:
P. wollastoni
Binomial name
Parabodilus wollastoni
(Harold, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius wollastoni Harold, 1862
  • Aphodius spinulosus Wollaston, 1862
  • Aphodius (Bodilus) iranicus althasar, 1946
  • Aphodius (Bodilus) wollastoni radjastanicus Petrovitz, 1962

Parabodilus is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Parabodilus wollastoni, which is found in Algeria, the Canary Islands, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen and India (Rajasthan).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in). They have an oblong, convex, moderately shiny, nearly glabrous, brown-reddish body, with the sides of the pronotum and elytra red-yellowish, the latter with dark suture. The legs are reddish-brown and the antennal club is testaceous.

Subspecies

References

  1. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  2. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Parabodilus wollastoni 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.
  3. 1 2 Dellacasa, M.; Dellacasa, G. (2005). "Comments on some systematic and nomenclatural questions in Aphodiinae with descriptions of new genera and on Italian taxa (Coleoptera Aphodiidae)". Memorie Della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova. 84: 45-99. Retrieved October 23, 2026.