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Mesontoplatys bolzi Gordon & Bordat & Dellacasa & Dellacasa 2008, n. comb.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Northern Plains Entomology P. O. Box, 65 Willow City, ND 58384 USA
- 2. Lagasse, F- 82300 Saint-Cirq, France
- 3. C. P. 921, I- 1612 Genova, Italy
- 4. Centro Interdipartimentale, Museo di Storia Naturalle e del Territorio Università di Pisa, via Roma 79, I- 56011 Calci (Pisa) Italy
Description
Mesontoplatys bolzi (Petrovitz) n. comb.
Aphodius (Mesontoplatys) bolzi Petrovitz, 1967: 211.
Specimens examined (4): Kenya, Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2003, #1, leg. R. Gordon, Impala dung (4). (MRC) (NMK) (USNM).
Geographical distribution: Tanzania, these specimens may be the first Kenya records.
Dung preference: All four specimens were found in impala dung.
Notes
Published as part of Gordon, Robert D., Bordat, Patrice, Dellacasa, Giovanni & Dellacasa, Marco, 2008, Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of the Mpala Research Centre and environs, Laikipia District, Kenya, pp. 1-15 in Insecta Mundi 2008 (28) on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532811
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.4532811 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFADFFF4A121FFB6FA5DFFD9FF81BE19 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/0394878CA128FFBFFA9DFEDBFC65BC02 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MRC , MRC, NMK, USNM
- Scientific name authorship
- Gordon & Bordat & Dellacasa & Dellacasa
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Aphodiidae
- Genus
- Mesontoplatys
- Species
- bolzi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- comb. nov.
References
- Petrovitz. R. 1967. Neue afrikanische Aphodius-Arten. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage, Bonn (1 / 2): 207 - 212.