Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus (Schreber, 1759)

Ziani, Stefano, Bezděk, Aleš, Branco, Tristão, Hillert, Oliver, Jákl, Stanislav, Král, David, Mantič, Marion, Rössner, Eckehard & Sehnal, Richard, 2015, New country records of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Palaearctic Region, Insecta Mundi 2015 (409), pp. 1-36 : 15

Onthophagus (Onthophagus) taurus (Schreber, 1759)

Material examined. TURKMENISTAN: AŞgabat, desert, 8.v.1989, Gasche leg. (3 spec. in ERCS). UZBEKI- STAN: env. Tashkent , 800 m, 12.v.1989, U. Heinig leg. (2 spec. in UHCB) ; Tian Shan mt., Chimgan , 1500 m, 12.v.1989, U. Heinig leg. (1 spec. in UHCB) .

Distribution. Entire Europe except Scandinavia ( Ljungberg 2002), North Africa, in Asia from Middle East to Central Asia and Tibet. According to Nikolajev (1987), in Central Asia the species is distributed in the Pamir Region. First records for Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

Responsible author: E. Rössner