Plagiogonus tertius (Bordat) 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 : 11

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4532811
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6508953
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394878C-A12D-FFBA-FA9D-FD7BFB47BDE2
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Plagiogonus tertius (Bordat)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Plagiogonus tertius (Bordat) , n. comb.

Aphodius (Plagiogonus) tertius Bordat, 1992a: 136 .

Plagiogonus tertius: Bordat, 2005: 54 .

Specimens examined (3): Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2003 GoogleMaps , #1, leg. R. Gordon , cattle dung (1); idem, leg. R GoogleMaps . Gordon, Impala dung (1) ; Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1- 13. V.2002 GoogleMaps , #7, leg. R. Gordon , cattle dung (1). ( NMK) ( USNM) .

Geographical distribution: Kenya.

Dung preference: Almost certainly a generalist, found in dung of cattle and impala.

References

Abbreviations

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