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Calocolobopterus principalis Gordon & Bordat & Dellacasa & Dellacasa 2008, n. comb.

Creators

  • 1. Northern Plains Entomology P. O. Box, 65 Willow City, ND 58384 USA
  • 2. Lagasse, F- 82300 Saint-Cirq, France
  • 3. C. P. 921, I- 1612 Genova, Italy
  • 4. Centro Interdipartimentale, Museo di Storia Naturalle e del Territorio Università di Pisa, via Roma 79, I- 56011 Calci (Pisa) Italy

Description

Calocolobopterus principalis (Harold), n. comb.

Aphodius principalis Harold, 1861: 94.

Aphodius (Calocolobopterus) principalis: G. Dellacasa, 1986: 220.

Specimens examined (11): Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2003, #1, leg. R. Gordon, African Buffalo dung (2); Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2002, #7, leg. R. Gordon, African Elephant dung (1); Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-31. V.2001, leg. Kadir Abdi, African Elephant dung (6); idem, leg. Kadir Abdi, ultra violet light (1); Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-31.VIII.2001, leg. Kadir Abdi, Waterbuck dung (1). (MRC) (NMK) (USNM).

Geographical distribution: Afrotropical region.

Dung preference: Probably a generalist, found in dung of buffalo, elephant, and waterbuck, also taken at light.

Notes

Published as part of Gordon, Robert D., Bordat, Patrice, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Dellacasa, Marco, 2008, Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of the Mpala Research Centre and environs, Laikipia District, Kenya, pp. 1-15 in Insecta Mundi 2008 (28) on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532811

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Related works

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Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.4532811 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Collection code
MRC , MRC, V
Event date
2001-05-01 , 2001-08-01 , 2002-05-01 , 2003-05-01
Family
Aphodiidae
Genus
Calocolobopterus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gordon & Bordat & Dellacasa & Dellacasa
Species
principalis
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
2001-05-01/31 , 2001-08-01/31 , 2002-05-01/13 , 2003-05-01/13

References

  • Harold, E. 1861. Beitrage zur Kenntniss einiger coprophagen Lemelllicornien (Viertes Stuck). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 5: 92 - 115.
  • Dellacasa, G. 1986. A world-wide revision of Aphodius sharing a large scutellum. Frustula Entomologica (N. S.) 7 / 8: 173 - 282.