Aphodiinae
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Aphodiinae

[Photo] Aphodius sp. of the tribe Aphodiini (Aphodiine dung beetle), Graz, Austria. Picture taken by Kurt Kulac (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Kulac) at 2006-04-09. Source: http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Aphodius_spec.jpg

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The subfamily Aphodiinae consists of species often labelled "Aphodiine dung beetles". Many of the beetles of this subfamily feed on dung, though not exclusively.

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