Phaeaphodius tauricola ( Hrubant, 1961 )

Dellacasa, Marco & Dellacasa, Giovanni, 2016, Systematic revision of the genus Phaeaphodius Reitter, 1892 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), Zootaxa 4162 (1), pp. 143-163 : 160-161

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.1.7

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6070497

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scientific name

Phaeaphodius tauricola ( Hrubant, 1961 )
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Phaeaphodius tauricola ( Hrubant, 1961)

( Figs. 63–67 View FIGURES 63 – 67 )

Aphodius (Phaeaphodius) tauricola Hrubant, 1961: 97 ; Ahrens 1997: 55; Dellacasa & Dellacasa 2006: 133.

Phaeaphodius tauricola: Ziani & Moradi Gharakhloo 2011: 61 .

Type locality. Berendi/Ereğli, 2000 m, Toros, Anatolia [ Turkey, Vilayet Konya].

Type repository. Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde. Dresden (holotype examined).

Redescription. Length 4.5–5.0 mm; oblong elongate, moderately convex, shiny, glabrous. Dorsal surface piceous black; elytral suture paler, legs dark brown; antennal club black. Head with epistome feebly gibbous and almost smooth on disc, distally coarsely, irregularly, sparsely punctate; clypeus feebly sinuate at middle, round on sides, with thick border, edge glabrous; genae round, setose, feebly protruding from the eyes; frontal suture obsolete; front sparsely, evenly punctate. Pronotum transverse, convex, irregularly punctate; with large punctures four to five times larger than small punctures, punctures somewhat denser on sides; fine small punctures evenly scattered throughout, more superficial and sparser on disc; lateral margins subparallel, thickly bordered, edge sparsely setose; hind angles widely truncate; base with a thin border crenulated by a belt of medium-size, coarse punctures and interrupted toward hind angles. Scutellum triangular, flat, with few sparse and superficial punctures on basal third. Elytra moderately convex, feebly widened apically, rather deeply striate; striae almost superficially punctate, subcrenulate; interstriae flat, superficially microreticulate and finely, sparsely punctate. Metatibiae superior spur as long as first metatarsomere; first metatarsomere as long as following 3 metatarsomeres combined. Male: head and pronotum more transverse, more sparsely and less coarsely punctate; protibiae spur stouter, downward bent and feebly hooked apically; aedeagus Figs. 64–65 View FIGURES 63 – 67 . Female: head and pronotum narrower apically, more densely and coarsely punctate; protibiae spur slender and nearly straight.

Distribution. Armenia (Sevan, Ghegarkunik region), Iran (Saqqez, Kordostan region), Turkey.

Material examined. TURKEY: Vil. Ankara, Işık Dağı Geçidi , 1600 m, 6.VI.1992, A. Ballerio leg. (1 specimen, DCG) ; Vilayet Artvin, Çam Geçidi , 2600 m, 17.VI.1992, A. Ballerio leg. (3 specimens, DCG) ; Vilayet Erzurum, Kireçli Geçidi , 3.V.1992, E., G. & M. Dellacasa leg. (1 specimen, DCG) ; Vilayet Erzurum, Kireçli Geçidi , 5.V.1992, E., G. & M. Dellacasa leg. (1 specimen, DCG) ; Vilayet Erzurum, Ovacık , 1.VI.1991, E. & G. Dellacasa leg. (1 specimen, DCG) ; Vilayet Erzurum, Toprakkale , 6.V.1992, E., G. & M. Dellacasa leg. (1 specimen, DCG) ; Vilayet Kayseri, Erciyes Dağı , m 2200, 10.VI.1992, A. Ballerio leg. (4 specimens, DCG) ; Vilayet Konya, Berendi / Ereğli , 2000 m, Toros, Anatolia, M. Muche leg. (holotype male and 7 paratypes, MTD) .

Bionomics. Rare coprophagous species; most specimens examined were collected in cow dung in spring.

MTD

Museum of Zoology Senckenberg Dresden

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Aphodiidae

Genus

Phaeaphodius

Loc

Phaeaphodius tauricola ( Hrubant, 1961 )

Dellacasa, Marco & Dellacasa, Giovanni 2016
2016
Loc

Phaeaphodius tauricola:

Ziani 2011: 61
2011
Loc

Aphodius (Phaeaphodius) tauricola

Dellacasa 2006: 133
Hrubant 1961: 97
1961
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