Germarostes aphodioides

Germarostes aphodioides is a species of pill scarab beetle in the family Hybosoridae.[1][2][3][4][5] It is found in North America.[1]

Germarostes aphodioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Hybosoridae
Genus:	Germarostes
Species:	G. aphodioides
Binomial name
Germarostes aphodioides (Illiger, 1800)
Synonyms[1]
Acanthocerus laevistriatus Germar, 1824 Cloeotus prionomus Say, 1835 Scarabaeus latipes Laporte, 1840 Trox splendidus Bates, 1887

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Germarostes aphodioides:

• Germarostes aphodioides aphodioides ^g
• Germarostes aphodioides prionomus (Bates, 1887) ^{c g}

Data sources: i = ITIS[1], c = Catalogue of Life[2], g = GBIF[3], b = Bugguide.net[4]

References

1. "Germarostes aphodioides Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
2. "Germarostes aphodioides species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
3. "Germarostes aphodioides". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
4. "Germarostes aphodioides Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-17.
5. "Germarostes aphodioides Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-17.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
• Riley, Edward G.; Wolfe, Charles S. (2003). "An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea of Texas" (PDF). Southwestern Entomologist, Supplement.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.