Liothorax plagiatus

Liothorax plagiatus is a beetle in the subfamily Aphodiinae.^[6][7] It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767.^[6][8] It occurs in Europe, the Near East, and North Africa.^[6] It has no known subspecies according to the Catalogue of Life.^[9] It is saprophagous rather than a "true" dung beetle.^[10]

Liothorax plagiatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Liothorax
Species:	L. plagiatus
Binomial name
Liothorax plagiatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Nialus hungaricus Endrödi, 1955[1] Aphodius parvomaculatus Schmidt G., 1938[2] Aphodius discoides Schmidt, 1922[3] Aphodius bivittatus Everts, 1903[4] Aphodius elongatus Hochhuth, 1873[5]