A contribution to the study of the Lower Volga center of scarab beetle diversity in Russia: checklist of the tribe Aphodiini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) of Dosang environs Frolov, Andrey Akhmetova, Lilia Biodiversity Data Journal 2013 1 979 979 Mulsant et Rey, 1870 Mulsant et Rey 1870 Insecta Scarabaeidae Aphodius treatment-meta Animalia Aphodius frater Coleoptera 0 979 Arthropoda species frater   frater Loraspis Aphodius Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia  Materials Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 3; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands; decimalLatitude: 46.92; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting from old horse dung; eventDate:  2007-04-16; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 15; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, left bank of Akhtuba River, floodplain; decimalLatitude: 46.91; decimalLongitude: 47.91; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting from old horse dung; eventDate:  2008-04-03; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 2; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands; decimalLatitude: 46.92; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting from old horse dung; eventDate:  2007-04-13/15; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera  Ecological interactions  Feeds on Adults feed on dry cattle dung.  Distribution Western Palearctic region South Europe the south-west to West Siberia in the north-east.