Dung beetle - Aphodius rubripennis

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WildFlower

Lion

It doesn't look like Aphodius rubripennis to me - the pronotum is not so wide.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/110525
http://museum.unl.edu/research/entomology/Guide/Scarabaeoidea/Scarabaeidae/Aphodiinae/AphodiinaeTribes/Aphodiini/Acrossus/Acrossus.html
http://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/name/Aphodius%20rubripennis Posted 10 years ago
1. J M Belanzaran
  
  Mountain Gorilla
  
  I agree that I might have made a mistake. But the problem is that this picture is the clearest one that I have access to. Let me make things clear, I am not an expert in entomology, I am into macro-photography. Now here is the problem, I tried to match the best I could by finding the Latin name of the species that I used.
  But the real problem is that I personally can not distinguish the difference between 3 Aphodius insects; A. rubipennis, A. errticicus, A. fimetarius.
  You seem to claim against A. rubipennis now could you please help me? Posted 10 years ago
2. 1. WildFlower
    
    Lion
    
    It is neither of these species, the shape of the head is different too. It is probably a species of the genus Anomala or another genus of the Subfamily Rutelinae. Posted 10 years ago
  2. 1. J M Belanzaran
      
      Mountain Gorilla
      
      I will look it up, thank you. Posted 10 years ago

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By J M Belanzaran

Uploaded Mar 19, 2015. Captured Sep 4, 2014 15:15 in 4753 Rue Brassard, Saint-Hubert, QC J3Y 6S6, Canada.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.