Proagoderus aciculatus (Fåhraeus, 1857)

Gillett, Conrad P. D. T. & Barr, Iain, 2018, New Country Records of Scarab Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Swaziland and Zambia, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (3), pp. 433-438 : 436-437

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.433

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E32325-FF80-3363-85B2-3B7AFDEBFEB9

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scientific name

Proagoderus aciculatus (Fåhraeus, 1857)
status

 

Proagoderus aciculatus (Fåhraeus, 1857) View in CoL

Previously recorded from Mozambique and South Africa ( Ferreira 1972; Palestrini 1992).

New country record for Swaziland: Two specimens, Malolotja Nature Reserve, 14 April 2015 and

31 March 2016. Diurnal. The specimens were found burrowing under fresh zebra dung in montane grassland during the late afternoon.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Proagoderus

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