Taxonavigation

Familia: Scarabaeidae
Subfamilia: Aphodiinae
Tribus: Eupariini
Genus: Ataenius
Species: Ataenius brouni
Synonym: Aphodius brouni

Name

• Aphodius brouni Sharp, 1876
  • Authority for current placement: Watt, 1984: 12 ('new combination')
  • Original genus: Aphodius
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Stebnicka, 2001: 28 ('here designated')
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: MNHN
  • Type locality: 'N. Zeald.'

Primary references

• Sharp, D. 1876: Descriptions of some new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera (continued from page 28.) Entomologist's monthly magazine, 13: 70–77. BHL [first availability, see p. 71]

• Stebnicka, Z.T. 2001: Aphodiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Fauna of New Zealand, 42. 64 pp. ISBN 0-478-09341-1. Online. Reference page.  [lectotype designation, see p. 28]