Volinus

Volinus
Volinus sticticus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Tribe: Aphodiini
Genus: Volinus
Mulsant and Rey, 1869
Species:
V. sticticus
Binomial name
Volinus sticticus
(Panzer, 1798)
Synonyms
  • Aphodius (Volinus) Mulsant & Rey, 1870
  • Scarabaeus sticticus Panzer, 1798
  • Scarabaeus equestris Panzer, 1798
  • Aphodius sticticus clypeolatus Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius sticticus confusus Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius sticticus occelatus Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius sticticus pallescens Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius sticticus prolongatus Mulsant, 1842
  • Aphodius sticticus striolatus Mulsant, 1842
  • Scarabaeus nemoralis Panzer, 1799

Volinus is a genus of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. This genus has a single species, Volinus sticticus. It is found in Europe and Asia.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in). They have an oblong, moderately convex, feebly shiny, nearly glabrous, blackish body, with two spots and the sides of the pronotum yellowish. The elytra are dirty yellow, with blackish striae and with two bands of blackish spots.

Distribution

Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Kosovo, Lithuania, Macedonia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and Ukraine.

References

  1. ↑ "Volinus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  2. 1 2 "Volinus Mulsant & Rey, 1869". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
  3. ↑ 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)
  4. ↑ 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 26, 2026.
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