Aganocrossus meticulosus Paulian, 1942

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, Insecta Mundi 2008 (28), pp. 1-15 : 4

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4532811
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394878C-A124-FFB3-FA9D-FDFAFB50BDA2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Aganocrossus meticulosus Paulian
status

Treatment

Aganocrossus meticulosus Paulian

Aganocrossus meticulosus Paulian, 1942: 49 .

Aphodius (Aganocrossus) meticulosus: Bordat, 1992b: 357

Specimens examined (5): Laikipia, MRC , 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V GoogleMaps .2003, #1, leg. R. Gordon, Zebra dung (1); idem, leg. R GoogleMaps Gordon , African Buffalo dung (1) ; Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1- 31.VIII.2001, leg. Kadir Abdi, Waterbuck dung (1) GoogleMaps ; Laikipia Plateau, Mpala Research Centre, N00 o 17' - E36 o 53' E, 1650 m, 17-20 Sept. 1999, S.E. Mille, T GoogleMaps . M. Kuklenski & R. R . Snelling (2). ( MRC) ( NMK) ( USNM) .

Geographical distribution: Eastern Africa ( Kenya and Tanzania) and Zaire.

Dung preference: Not known, specimens were found in buffalo and waterbuck dung.

References

Abbreviations

MRC	TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Culture Collection
V	Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium
R	Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile
T	Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics
NMK	National Museums of Kenya
USNM	Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Aphodiidae
Genus	Aganocrossus