Plagiogonus clypeodentatus (Bordat), 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.4532905
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394878C-A12D-FFBA-FA9D-FEFBFB17BC62
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-02-10 21:57:39, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-01 20:26:19)
scientific name	Plagiogonus clypeodentatus (Bordat)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Plagiogonus clypeodentatus (Bordat) , n. comb.

Aphodius (Plagiogonus) clypeodentatus Bordat, 1990b: 141 .

Plagiogonus clypeodentatus: Bordat, 2005: 55 .

Specimens examined (5): Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2003 GoogleMaps , #1, leg. R. Gordon (1); idem, leg. R GoogleMaps . Gordon, Impala dung (1) ; Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2002 GoogleMaps , #8, leg. R. Gordon, Giraffe dung (3). ( MRC) ( NMK) ( USNM) .

Geographical distribution: Somalia. This may be the first Kenya record.

Dung preference: Probably a generalist, taken from dung of giraffe and impala.

References

Bordat, P. 1990 b. Quatre nouvelles especes d'Aphodius de la region afrotropicale. Annales Historico- Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 82: 137 - 144.

Bordat, P. 2005. Nouvelles especes d'Aphodiinae de la region afrotropicale (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N. S.) 22 (1): 35 - 61

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