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 dosangi Nobius Aphodius Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Aphodius dosangi Frolov et Akhmetova, 2008 Materials Type status: Holotype Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: male ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.90 ; decimalLongitude: 47.92 ; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap ; eventDate: 2007-05-24 ; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN ; collectionCode: Coleoptera Type status: Paratype Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 5 ; sex: females ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.90 ; decimalLongitude: 47.92 ; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap ; eventDate: 2007-05-24 ; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN ; collectionCode: Coleoptera Type status: Paratype Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 2 ; sex: females ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, left bank of Akhtuba River, floodplain ; decimalLatitude: 46.91 ; decimalLongitude: 47.91 ; Event: samplingProtocol: cow dung washing ; eventDate: 2006-10-06 ; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN ; collectionCode: Coleoptera Type status: Paratype Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 2 ; sex: 1 male and 1 female ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.90 ; decimalLongitude: 47.92 ; Event: samplingProtocol: horse dung washing ; eventDate: 2006-10-11 ; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN ; collectionCode: Coleoptera Type status: Paratype Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 1 ; sex: female ; 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 Type status: Paratype Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 21 ; sex: 12 males and 9 females ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.92 ; decimalLongitude: 47.92 ; Event: samplingProtocol: larvae hand collecting old horse dung ; 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, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 2 ; 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: 2007-04-10 ; 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: 3 ; 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, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 12 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: 8 km NE of Dosang ; decimalLatitude: 46.94 ; decimalLongitude: 48.02 ; Event: samplingProtocol: larvae hand collecting old horse dung ; eventDate: 2008-04-09 ; 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: 3 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.92 ; decimalLongitude: 47.92 ; Event: samplingProtocol: cow dung washing ; eventDate: 2012-05-15 ; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN ; collectionCode: Coleoptera Ecological interactions Feeds on Adults were found in horse and cow dung. Distribution Caspian lowland desert.