Macroretrus confusus (Harold)

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 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4532811
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4532875
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394878C-A129-FFBE-FA9D-FA5DFE6DB902
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Macroretrus confusus (Harold)
status

Treatment

Macroretrus confusus Harold, 1862: 154 ; Bordat et al., 2000: 110.

Specimens examined (46): Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2003 GoogleMaps , #1, leg. R. Gordon, Hippopotamus dung (31); idem, leg. R GoogleMaps . Gordon, Impala dung (3); idem, leg. R GoogleMaps . Gordon, Zebra dung (2); idem, leg. R GoogleMaps . Gordon , ultra violet light (6) ; Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2003 GoogleMaps , #7, leg. R. Gordon, African Elephant dung (2); idem, leg. R GoogleMaps . Gordon, Zebra dung (2) ; Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2003 GoogleMaps , #8, leg. R. Gordon, Giraffe dung (1). ( USNM) ( NMK) ( USNM) .

Geographical distribution: Senegal, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Dung preference: Probably a generalist dung feeder, specimens were taken from dung of elephant, hippo, giraffe, and zebra.

References

Abbreviations

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

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Taxonomy

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