Termitodius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scarabaeoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Scarabaeoidea

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Aphodiinae
Tribus: Rhyparini
Genus: Termitodius
Species (4): T. araujoi – T. chaki – T. coronatus – T. woodruffi

Name

Termitodius Wasmann, 1894

• Type species: Termitodius coronatus Wasmann, 1894, by monotypy.

References

Additional references

• Cartwright, O.L.; Woodruff, R.E. 1969: Ten Rhyparus from the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Smithsonian contributions to zoology, (21) PDF
• Howden, H.F. 1995: New Rhyparini from Fiji and the Philippines (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Coleopterists bulletin, 49: 23–27. JSTOR
• Krikken, J.; Huijbregts, J. 1987: Southeast Asian Termitodius: a taxonomic review, with descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae). Zoologische Mededelingen, 61: 97–111.
• Reyes-Castillo, P.; Martinez, A. 1979: Nuevos Rhyparini neotropicales, con notas sobre su biologia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae). Folia entomológica mexicana, (41): 115–133.
• Skelley, P.E. 2007: Generic limits of the Rhyparini with respect to the genus Termitodius Wasmann, 1894 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Insecta mundi, 0009: 1–9. PDF
• Skelley, P.E., Clavijo-Bustos, J. & Keller, O. 2022. Extinct or extant? A new species of Termitodius Wasmann, 1894, (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini) with a short review of the genus. Insecta Mundi 0915: 1–14. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Schoolmeesters, P. 2017. Scarabs: World Scarabaeidae Database (version Jul 2016). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds. 2017. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 30th January 2017. Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-8858. Reference page.  [accessed on April 19, 2017]