Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) gibbulus gibbulus (Pallas, 1781)

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 : 16-17

Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) gibbulus gibbulus (Pallas, 1781)

Material examined. CHINA (NINGXIA): W of Yinchuan, Xixia, 38°27’N 105°59’E, 1170 m, 23.vi.2012, D. Král leg., sheep droppings (several spec. in DKCP).

Distribution. Widely distributed Trans-Palaearctic species widely distributed from north Italy and central Europe to the Far East of Russia and Korean Peninsula. For China recorded from Beijing, Heilongjiang, Nei Mongol, Shanxi and Xinjiang Provinces (cf. e.g. Balthasar 1963b; Baraud 1992; Berlov et al. 1989; Kabakov 2006; Nikolajev 1987; Nikolajev and Puntsagdulam 1984). First record from Ningxia Province.

Responsible author: D. Král