Euparia castanea
Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828
Euparia castanea is an aphodiine dung beetle in the Scarabaeidae. The is distributed across Central America and North America, with records from Mexico through Central America to Florida and Texas in the United States. As a member of the tribe Eupariini, it belongs to a group of scarab beetles often associated with colonies.
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Euparia castanea: /juːˈpæriə kæˈsteɪniə/
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Distribution
Recorded from Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz, Yucatán), Central America ( Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama), Ecuador, and the United States (Florida, Texas).
Sources and further reading
- BugGuide
- Wikipedia
- GBIF taxonomy match
- iNaturalist taxon
- Catalogue of Life
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