Onthophagus knausi Brown, 1927

Freese, Edwin L., Veal, Doug A. & Lago, Paul K., 2020, The Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Iowa: An annotated checklist, Insecta Mundi 2020 (787), pp. 1-83 : 25

Onthophagus knausi Brown, 1927

MJPC; DAVC; ELFC.

Collection dates: April, June–September.

Collected from deer, horse, and carnivore dung.

Specimen label data: First known Iowa specimen and NEW STATE RECORD: Waubonsie State Park , Fremont Co., Iowa, 26 June 2003 [9], deer dung, MJP, ELF ( MJPC, ELFC) ; Bluffton Fir Stand State Preserve , Winneshiek Co., Iowa, 15 August 2008, on mushroom, DAV ( DAVC) .

County records ( Figure 82 ): Fremont, Pottawattamie, Winneshiek.

Figures

Figures 82–89. Distribution of Scarabaeoidea in Iowa. 82) Onthophagus knausi Brown, 1927. 83) Onthophagus orpheus canadensis (Fabricius, 1801).84) Onthophagus orpheus orpheus (Panzer, 1794).85) Onthophagus orpheus pseudorpheus Howden and Cartwright, 1963. 86) Onthophagus pennsylvanicus Harold, 1871. 87) Onthophagus