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

zangi Orodaliscus Aphodius Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia

Aphodius zangi A. Schmidt, 1906

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

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

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.