Aegialia arenaria

Aegialia arenaria
Aegialia arenaria, Harlech dunes, North Wales 5,0 mm. (5,0-6,0 mm,)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Scarabaeiformia
Family: Scarabaeidae
Genus: Aegialia
Species:
A. arenaria
Binomial name
Aegialia arenaria
(Fabricius, 1787)

Aegialia arenaria, the dune scarab beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in the Palearctic[1][2] and Nearctic. It is a coastal species found on sand dunes of western and northern Europe[3] (Netherlands, Belgium, France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais), Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland)[4] and in the Nearctic from Nova Scotia in Canada (Sable Island), to Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

References

  1. ^ Linssen, E.F.,1959 Beetles of the British Isles Frederick Warne, London.ISBN 9780723200062
  2. ^ Chinery, M. 2012 Insects of Britain and Western Europe London : Harper Collins Publishers ISBN 9780002191371
  3. ^ Anon. Notable invertebrates associated with coastal sand dunes Buglife
  4. ^ Fauna Europaea


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