Global InformationTeuchestes fossor information
| Teuchestes fossor | |
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| Teuchestes fossor, Italy | |
Conservation status
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 Unranked (NatureServe)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Scarabaeidae |
| Genus: | Teuchestes |
| Species: | T. fossor
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| Binomial name | |
| Teuchestes fossor (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Teuchestes fossor is a species of dung beetle native to the Palaearctic, but is also widespread in North America following accidental introduction and naturalisation during European settlement.[2][3] Both adults and larvae are coprophagous, differentiating resource use by respectively feeding on the liquid and fibrous fractions of herbivore dung. It can be readily collected from the dung of livestock, and other large mammals[4] This species is known to support a number of key ecosystem services in cattle pastures.[5]
Teuchestes fossor was formerly a member of the genus Aphodius.
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