Calocolobopterus principalis (Harold) Gordon & Bordat & Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2008

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 : 5

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4532811

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4532835

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394878C-A127-FFB0-FA9D-FD9BFEA3BDE2

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scientific name

Calocolobopterus principalis (Harold)
status

comb. nov.

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

MRC

TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Culture Collection

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Aphodiidae

Genus

Calocolobopterus

Loc

Calocolobopterus principalis (Harold)

Gordon, Robert D., Bordat, Patrice, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Dellacasa, Marco 2008
2008
Loc

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

Dellacasa, G. 1986: 220
1986
Loc

Aphodius principalis

Harold, E. 1861: 94
1861
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