Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca (Linnaeus, 1767)

Akhmetova, Lilia A., Kurochkin, Andrei S. & Frolov, Andrey V., 2024, Dung-beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Scarabaeinae) feeding on faeces of steppe marmots Marmota bobak (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Middle Volga territory, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 125090-e 125090 : e125090-

Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) vacca (Linnaeus, 1767)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: A09B54B0-8617-5A60-938B-BD207CB3C8DB; Taxon: scientificName: Onthophagus vacca ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera ; family: Scarabaeidae ; genus: Onthophagus ; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Samara; locality: Bol’shechernigovskij distr., 2.44 km SSW of Polyanskij vill., gully Barsuchikha, forb-fescue-feather grass steppe ; decimalLatitude: 51.9; decimalLongitude: 50.93; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: A. V. Frolov; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak , in toilet burrow; eventDate: 2023-05 - 19; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 1; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 4FE4DBE5-6A72-58D9-AFDE-26FAE8701DE7; Taxon: scientificName: Onthophagus vacca ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera ; family: Scarabaeidae ; genus: Onthophagus ; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Samara; locality: Bol’shechernigovskij distr., 3.54 km SSW of Polyanskij vill., gully bottom, forb-grass steppe. ; decimalLatitude: 51.86; decimalLongitude: 50.88; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: A. V. Frolov; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak , near burrow entrance; eventDate: 2023-04 - 28; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 3; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: B5B75DF7-224B-5EA7-99E8-198D750574D5; Taxon: scientificName: Onthophagus vacca ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera ; family: Scarabaeidae ; genus: Onthophagus ; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Orenburg; locality: Pervomaiskij Distr., 6.28 km SSW of Polyanskij vill., urochishche Pal’govo, gully bottom, forb-fescue steppe. ; decimalLatitude: 51.83; decimalLongitude: 50.87; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: A. V. Frolov; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak , near burrow entrance; eventDate: 2023-05 - 18; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 6; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 0F9494E5-8F29-5E76-A3D7-294C8D5846A7; Taxon: scientificName: Onthophagus vacca ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera ; family: Scarabaeidae ; genus: Onthophagus ; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Orenburg; locality: Pervomaiskij Distr., 7.32 km SSW of Koshkin vill., urochishche Pal’govo, gully bottom, forb-wormwood-grass steppe. ; decimalLatitude: 51.82; decimalLongitude: 50.86; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: A. V. Frolov; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak , near burrow entrance; eventDate: 2023-05 - 19; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Distribution

A western Palaearctic species. In Russia, it is common in the central and southern European part, reaching southern Urals Mountains in the east.

Biology

A generalist coprophagous species feeding mostly on cattle dung.