Pleuraphodius kavani (Balthasar) Gordon & Bordat & Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0394878C-A12D-FFBA-FA9D-FA7BFB0DB8C2

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pleuraphodius kavani (Balthasar)
status

comb. nov.

Pleuraphodius kavani (Balthasar) , n. comb.

Aphodius (Trichaphodius) kavani Balthasar, 1935: 69 .

Aphodius (Artengruppe Pleuraphodius ) kavani: Endrödi, 1964: 89 .

Specimens examined (4): Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. GoogleMaps V.2003, #1, leg. R. Gordon, Impala dung (1); idem, leg GoogleMaps . R. Gordon , pitfall trap cow dung (3). ( MRC) ( NMK) ( USNM) .

Geographical distribution: Eastern Africa.

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

MRC

TUBITAK Marmara Research Center Culture Collection

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

NMK

National Museums of Kenya

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Aphodiidae

Genus

Pleuraphodius

Loc

Pleuraphodius kavani (Balthasar)

Gordon, Robert D., Bordat, Patrice, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Dellacasa, Marco 2008
2008
Loc

Aphodius

Endrodi, S. 1964: 89
1964
Loc

Aphodius (Trichaphodius) kavani

Balthasar, V. 1935: 69
1935
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