Aphodius prodromus, (Brahm, 1790)

Alekseev, Vitalii I., 2018, Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) Of The Kaliningrad Region (Russia): The Commented Actual Checklist, Assessment Of Rarity And Notes To Regional Protection, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 18 (2), pp. 111-152 : 129

31. A. prodromus (Brahm, 1790)

Bercio & Folwaczny 1979; Alekseev & Sakhnov 2000; Akhmetova & Frolov 2014.

Voucher specimens: 23 [Ladushkin, 28 April 1997, 2 exp.; Cherniakhovsk, 01 May 1997, 2 exp.; ibidem, 06 May 1999; ibidem, 01 October 2018, 4 exp.; 5 km NE Cherniakhovsk, 23 May 2001, 2 exp.; ibidem, 31 March 2002, 2 exp.; Grushevka, 09 May 2008; Medovoe, 10 April 2018, 2 exp.; Baltic Spit, 23 April 2018; Timofeevka, 30 April 2018, 2 exp.; Kostrovo, 15 October 2018, 4 exp.].

Kaliningrad Region: Common everywhere; Bagr., Chern., Gur., Pravd.

Comments: Widely distributed and abundant species on pastures and meadows in dung of domestic herbivores thoughout the Kaliningrad Region. One of commonest species of the Aphodius genus in the Kaliningrad Region.