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Phanaeus triangularis

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Species of beetle

Phanaeus triangularis
male Phanaeus triangularis texensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Phanaeus
Species: P. triangularis
Binomial name
Phanaeus triangularis
(Say, 1823)
Dorsal view of a Phanaeus triangularis (Say, 1823) specimen collected from Treutlen County, Georgia on October 3, 2024. Scale bar indicates 10 mm.

Phanaeus triangularis, the black phanaeus, is a North American species of true dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the eastern half of the United States.

Subspecies

Three subspecies of Phanaeus triangularis are sometimes recognized, but niger is often considered a synonym of triangularis and texensis (from Texas and adjacent regions) is often considered a separate species.

  • Phanaeus triangularis niger Olsoufieff, 1924
  • Phanaeus triangularis texensis Edmonds, 1994
  • Phanaeus triangularis triangularis (Say, 1823)

References

  1. Edmonds, W.; Zídek, J. (2012-12-01). "Taxonomy of Phanaeus revisited: Revised keys to and comments on species of the New World dung beetle genus Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini)". Insecta Mundi.
  2. ^ "Phanaeus triangularis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Phanaeus triangularis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. "Phanaeus triangularis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  5. ^ Zídek, J.; Edmonds, W.D. (2012). "Taxonomy of Phanaeus revisited: Revised keys to and comments on species of the New World dung beetle genus Phanaeus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini)". Insecta Mundi. 2012 (274): 1–108. doi:10.5281/zenodo.5182095.

Further reading

  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2006). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 3: Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-30914-2.
Taxon identifiers
Phanaeus triangularis


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