Sigorus porcus

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Sigorus porcus
Sigorus porcus, England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Sigorus
Species:
S. porcus
Binomial name
Sigorus porcus
(Fabricius, 1792) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aphodius porcus (Fabricius, 1792)

Sigorus porcus, also called Mahogany Ridgeback scarab, is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic. This species was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.[2][3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fabricius, J.C.,1792 Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Proft, Hafniae
  2. ^ "Sigorus porcus (Fabricius, 1792)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-12-23.
  3. ^ Fauna Europaea
  4. ^ Norman H. Joy, , 1932 A Practical Handbook of British Beetles