Aegialia arenaria | |
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Aegialia arenaria, Harlech dunes, North Wales 5,0 mm. (5,0-6,0 mm,) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Aegialia |
Species: | A. arenaria
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Binomial name | |
Aegialia arenaria (
Fabricius, 1787)
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Aegialia arenaria, the dune scarab beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic [1] [2] and Nearctic. It is a coastal species found on sand dunes of western and northern Europe [3] (Netherlands, Belgium, France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland) [4] and in the Nearctic from Nova Scotia in Canada (Sable Island), to Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
Aegialia arenaria | |
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Aegialia arenaria, Harlech dunes, North Wales 5,0 mm. (5,0-6,0 mm,) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Scarabaeidae |
Genus: | Aegialia |
Species: | A. arenaria
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Binomial name | |
Aegialia arenaria (
Fabricius, 1787)
|
Aegialia arenaria, the dune scarab beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic [1] [2] and Nearctic. It is a coastal species found on sand dunes of western and northern Europe [3] (Netherlands, Belgium, France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland) [4] and in the Nearctic from Nova Scotia in Canada (Sable Island), to Massachusetts and New Hampshire.