Melinopterus

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

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| image = Melinopterus consputus - inat 108689452.jpg

| image_caption = Melinopterus consputus, Greece

| taxon = Melinopterus

| authority = Mulsant, 1842

| display_parents = 2

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Melinopterus is a genus of scarab beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are more than 20 described species in Melinopterus.

File:Melinopterus prodromus - inat 112018504.jpg

Species

These 22 species belong to the genus Melinopterus. Some of these were previously members of the genus Aphodius.

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References

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{{ITIS | title=Melinopterus | id=926341 | access-date=2021-12-26

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{{GBIF | title=Melinopterus | id=1069158 | access-date=2021-12-26

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{{Cite web| title=Melinopterus Mulsant, 1842

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5NQX

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2021-12-26

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{{Cite journal

| title = A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiini)

| date = 2007

| last1 = Gordon | first1 = Robert D.

| last2 = Skelley | first2 = Paul E. |name-list-style=amp

| journal = Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute

| volume=79 |pages=1–580

| isbn = 978-1-887988-23-0

}}

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Category:Scarabaeidae

Category:Scarabaeidae genera

Category:Taxa named by Étienne Mulsant

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