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Pleurophorus
Pleurophorus is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 30 described species in Pleurophorus.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Pleurophorus caesus
speciesPleurophorus caesus

Pleurophorus pannonicus
speciesPleurophorus pannonicus

Pleurophorus anatolicus
speciesPleurophorus anatolicus

Pleurophorus apicipennis
speciesPleurophorus apicipennis
Pleurophorus mediterranicus
speciesPleurophorus mediterranicus
Pleurophorus atlanticus
speciesPleurophorus atlanticus
Pleurophorus arabicus
speciesPleurophorus arabicus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 212078.