Aclopus
| Aclopus | |
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| Aclopus species from Brazil. | |
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| Illustration of Aclopus vittatus from Iconographia Zoologica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Scarabaeiformia |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Aclopinae |
| Tribe: | Aclopini |
| Genus: | Aclopus Erichson, 1835 |
| Species | |
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6 (see text) | |
Aclopus is a genus of scarab beetles that belongs to the subfamily Aclopinae. Members of this genus are found in Brazil.[1][2]
Taxonomy
This genus was described in 1835 by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, a German entomologist and medical doctor. In 1909, Arrow considered aclopines to be laparostict scarabs. This was based on observation of the abdominal spiracles of Aclopus brunneus. This classification is no longer the case.[3]
Species
There are currently six species that belong to this genus. Below is a list of species:[1][2]
- Aclopus brunneus Erichson, 1835
- Aclopus intermedius Blanchard, 1850
- Aclopus parvulus
- Aclopus robustus Arrow, 1909
- Aclopus vittatus Erichson, 1835
- Aclopus wuenschei Ohaus, 1912
References
- 1 2 Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (22 August 2011). ”Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.”. Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- 1 2 "Aclopus". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-08-10.
- ↑ Ocampo, Federico; Mondaca, José (2012-08-06). "Revision of the scarab subfamily Aclopinae Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Argentina and Chile". Zootaxa. 3409: 1–29. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3409.1.1.