Aegialia

Latreille, 1807

Species Guides

Aegialia arenaria(dune scarab beetle)
Aegialia blanchardi
Aegialia cartwrighti
Aegialia concinna(Ciervo Aegilian Scarab Beetle)
Aegialia conferta
Aegialia convexa
Aegialia crassa
Aegialia crescenta(Crescent Dunes scarab beetle)
Aegialia lacustris

Aegialia is a of aphodiine dung beetles in the Scarabaeidae, established by Latreille in 1807. in this genus are distributed across the Palaearctic, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions. The genus includes the subgenus Silluvia, with several species described from the Sino-Tibetan mountains of China.

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Aegialia arenaria by Edmund Reitter
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Pronunciation

How to pronounce Aegialia: /eɪˈdʒaɪliə/

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Habitat

Sino-Tibetan mountains (documented for subgenus Silluvia); broader distribution includes temperate and tropical regions across multiple continents.

Distribution

Palaearctic, Nearctic, and Neotropical regions. Specific records from Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Chinese documented from Gansu and Yunnan provinces.

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Subgeneric classification

The includes the subgenus Silluvia Landin, 1949, with multiple described from high-elevation regions of China.

Taxonomic note

Aegialia is the type of the tribe Aegialiini within the Aphodiinae.