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 Author Frolov, Andrey Author Akhmetova, Lilia text Biodiversity Data Journal 2013 1 979 979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e979 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e979 1314-2828-1-979 distinctus Chilothorax Aphodius Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Aphodius distinctus ( Mueller , 1776) Materials Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 1 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, left bank of Akhtuba River, floodplain ; decimalLatitude: 46.91 ; decimalLongitude: 47.91 ; Event: samplingProtocol: horse dung washing ; eventDate: 2006-10-06 ; 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: horse dung washing ; eventDate: 2006-10-07 ; 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: 9 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.92 ; decimalLongitude: 47.92 ; Event: samplingProtocol: horse dung washing ; eventDate: 2006-10-09 ; 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: 10 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.92 ; decimalLongitude: 47.92 ; Event: samplingProtocol: horse dung washing ; eventDate: 2007-04-17 ; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN ; collectionCode: Coleoptera Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov ; individualCount: 1 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: 15 km NE of Dosang ; decimalLatitude: 47.00 ; decimalLongitude: 47.98 ; Event: samplingProtocol: cow dung washing ; eventDate: 2010-10-12 ; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN ; collectionCode: Coleoptera Ecological interactions Feeds on Adults and larvae feed on cattle dung. Distribution The species is distributed throughout Europe, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, Northern Africa; it was introduced to North America.