Onitis damoetas Steven, 1806

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 13

Onitis damoetas Steven, 1806

Material examined. MACEDONIA: Novaci Municipality, Skočivir env., 40°58’N 21°38’E, ca 580 m, 19.- 21.iv.2014, D. Král leg., sheep droppings (2 ♀♀ in DKCP).

Distribution. East Mediterranean species known also from Moldova, Romania, Ukraine, Turkey, South European Russia, Georgia, Armenia, all the Levant and Iran; for the Balkan Peninsula recorded so far from Bulgaria and Greece (cf. e.g. Balthasar 1963b; Baraud 1992; Kabakov 2006; Mikšić 1956). First record from Macedonia.

Responsible author: D. Král