Pharaphodius crenatus

Pharaphodius crenatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Cucujoidea
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Aphodiinae
Genus:	Pharaphodius
Species:	P. crenatus
Binomial name
Pharaphodius crenatus (Harold, 1862)
Synonyms
Aphodius crenatus Harold, 1862

Aphodius (Pharaphodius) crenatus, is a species of dung beetle native to India, and Sri Lanka.[1][2]

It is an edible type of beetle consumed in Thailand.[3]

References

1. "Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan (India) with description of Aphodius (Gilletianus) rajawatorum sp. nov" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei nationalis Pragae, 2013. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
2. "First report on Scarabaeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Sahaspur, Uttarakhand". Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 1999. Retrieved 2021-07-15.
3. "Forest insects as food: humans bite back" (PDF). FAO 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 2021-07-15.