Rhodaphodius

Rhodaphodius
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: Rhodaphodius
Ádám, 1994
Species:
R. foetens
Binomial name
Rhodaphodius foetens
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Scarabaeus foetens Fabricius, 1787
  • Aphodius fimetarius conjugatulus Strand & Gulbis, 1957
  • Aphodius foetens obscuriellus Schmidt, 1917
  • Aphodus pseudanalis Strand, 1917
  • Aphodius foetens hypocastaneus Bouskell, 1901
  • Aphodius foetens limbatus Dalla Torre, 1879
  • Aphodius rufiventris Preller, 1862
  • Aphodius analis Gistel, 1857
  • Aphodius foetens fuscipes Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius foetens nigricollis Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius foetens sanguinipennis Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius aestivalis Stephens, 1839
  • Aphodius ochraceus Stephens, 1830
  • Scarabaeus vaccinarius Herbst, 1789

Rhodaphodius is a genus of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Rhodaphodius foetens, which is found in Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, China (Xinjiang), Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Mongolia, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in). They have a suboval, convex, shiny, glabrous body. The head and pronotum are black, the latter with the fore angles reddish. The elytra are dark reddish and the abdomen is pale testaceous. The antennae are reddish with a paler club and the legs are reddish or blackish. In some specimens, the elytra are completely piceous.

Taxonomy

This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.

References

  1. ↑ Fabricius, J.C. (1787). Mantissa insectorum. Vol. 2. Hafniae [=Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft. pp. [2] + 382 pp.
  2. ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved October 12, 2026.
  3. ↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Rhodaphodius foetens 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.
  4. 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.
  5. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  6. ↑ Norman H. Joy, 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles
  7. ↑ "Rhodaphodius foetens (Fabricius, 1787)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-23.