Aphodius zangi A. Schmidt, 1906

Frolov, Andrey & Akhmetova, Lilia, 2013, A contribution to the study of the Lower Volga center of scarab beetle diversity in Russia: checklist of the tribe Aphodiini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) of Dosang environs, Biodiversity Data Journal 1, pp. 979-979 : 979

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scientific name	Aphodius zangi A. Schmidt, 1906
status

Treatment

zangi Orodaliscus Aphodius Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia

Materials

Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 30; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, right bank of Akhtuba River, floodplain ; decimalLatitude: 46.90; decimalLongitude: 47.90; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting from marmot hole; eventDate: 2007-04-22; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera GoogleMaps

Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 47; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, right bank of Akhtuba River, floodplain ; decimalLatitude: 46.90; decimalLongitude: 47.90; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting from marmot hole; eventDate: 2008-04-3/9; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera GoogleMaps

Ecological interactions

Feeds on

Rodent nest dweller, adults and apparently larvae feed on rodent excrement (Fig. 9).

Distribution

Distributed mostly in the steppe and semidesert zones from Lower Volga in the west to West Siberia in the east.