Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae

Full reference: F. T. Krell. 2019. Taxonomic names, in The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, southern England. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:405-492

Belongs to Aphodius according to F. T. Krell 2019

Sister taxa: Aphodius (Acrossus), Aphodius (Agrilinus), Aphodius (Nialus), Aphodius (Plagiogonus), Aphodius aboriginalis, Aphodius anteactus, Aphodius boryslavicus, Aphodius bosniaskii, Aphodius brevipennis, Aphodius carpetanus, Aphodius charauxi, Aphodius conspurcatus, Aphodius cretaceous, Aphodius distinctus, Aphodius fimitarius, Aphodius florissantensis, Aphodius fossor, Aphodius granarioides, Aphodius granarius, Aphodius helvolus, Aphodius holdereri, Aphodius inundatus, Aphodius krantzi, Aphodius laminicola, Aphodius mediaevus, Aphodius meyeri, Aphodius plagiatus, Aphodius praeemptor, Aphodius precursor, Aphodius rhinocerontis, Aphodius rufipes, Aphodius ruthenus, Aphodius schlickumi, Aphodius senex, Aphodius shoshonis, Aphodius subater, Aphodius theobaldi

Type specimen: NHMUK In.17436, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bembridge Marls (A'Court Smith collection)

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