Geomyphilus russeus (Brown, 1928)

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 19

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5353792

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scientific name

Geomyphilus russeus (Brown, 1928)
status

 

Geomyphilus russeus (Brown, 1928)

Gordon 1983; Gordon and Skelley 2007; DAVC.

Collection dates: November.

Specimen label data: Cedar Hills Sand Prairie State Preserve, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, 11 November 2005, walking on pocket gopher mound ( Geomys bursarius ), DAV (DAVC).

Only a few specimens from Iowa.

County records ( Figure 59 View Figures 58–65 ): Black Hawk, Mills, Scott.

Labarrus Mulsant and Rey, 1870

Gordon, R. D. 1983. Studies on the genus Aphodius of the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). VII. Food and habitat; distribution; key to eastern species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 85 (4): 633 - 652.

Gordon, R. D., and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). The American Entomological Institute Memoirs 79: 1 - 580.

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Figures 58–65. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa.58) Geomyphilus insolitus (Brown, 1928). 59) Geomyphilus russeus (Brown, 1928).60) Labarrus cincticulus (Hope, 1847).61) Lechorodius terminalis (Say, 1823).62) Liothorax alternatus (Horn, 1870). 63) Melinopterus femoralis (Say, 1823). 64) Melinopterus prodromus (Brahm, 1790). 65)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Aphodiidae

Genus

Geomyphilus