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Heteronychus arator (Fabricius, 1775)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Landin, B. O. (1964). The identity of Scarabaeus arator Fabricius, 1775 with the designation of neotypes of arator Fabr. and arator Illig. and a list of the insects from the Cape Colony described by Fabricius 1775. Opuscula Entomologica Lund 29(1):117-142.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Scarabaeidae
genus
Heteronychus
species
Heteronychus arator

Name

Synonyms
Scarabaeus arator Fabricius, 1775
Homonyms
Heteronychus arator (Fabricius, 1775)
Common names
African Black Beetle in English
African Black Beetle in English
Black Lawn Beetle in English
Black Maize Beetle in English
Swartmieliekewer in Afrikaans
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