Labarrus lividus

Labarrus lividus
Labarrus lividus, 4.4 mm, Antalya province, Turkey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Labarrus
Species:	L. lividus
Binomial name
Labarrus lividus (Olivier, 1789)
Synonyms
Aphodius lividus Olivier, 1789 Aphodius maculicollis Montrouzier, 1860 Aphodius sequens Walker, 1858 Aphodius fimetifex Gistel, 1857 Aphodius hircinus Gistel, 1857 Aphodius scutellaris Roth, 1851 Aphodius spilopterus Germar, 1848 Aphodius cincticulus Hope, 1846 Aphodius discus Wiedemann, 1823 Aphodius limbatus Wiedemann & Germar, 1821 Scarabaeus bilituratus Marsham, 1802 Aphodius anachoreta Fabricius, 1801 Aphodius obsoletus Fabricius, 1801 Scarabaeus vespertinus Panzer, 1799 Scarabaeus limicola Panzer, 1798 Scarabaeus suturalis Fabricius, 1792 Aphodius lividus matusitai Nakane, 1961

Labarrus lividus is a species of dung beetles in the subfamily Aphodiinae.

Description

Adults reach a length of about 3–4.5 mm (0.12–0.18 in). The clypeus is clearly emarginate, and anteriorly rugosely punctured. The pronotum is strongly convex, with punctures of two sizes, and with the larger punctures scarce.

Distribution

Palaearctic: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Azores, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, China (Beijing), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, India (Himachal Pradesh), Iran, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Lithuania, Madeira, Malta, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan. Afrotropical: Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Mauretania, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Madagascar. Nearctic: USA (Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Texas). Neotropical: Brazil (Maranhão, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pernambuco), Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico (Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Distrito Federal, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz), Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Santo Domingo, Suriname. Australian: Australia, Papua New Guinea. Oriental: India (Andaman & Nicobar, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh).

Subspecies

• Labarrus lividus lividus
• Labarrus lividus matusitai (Nakane, 1961) (Saipan Island)

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.
• Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
• Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
• Papp, Charles S. (1984). Introduction to North American Beetles. Entomography Pubns.
• White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.