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Trichaphodius humilis : Paulian 1942

  • 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

Trichaphodius humilis (s. l.) (Roth)

Aphodius humilis Roth, 1851: 132.

Trichaphodius humilis: Paulian, 1942: 57.

Aphodius (Trichaphodius) humilis: Bordat, 1989: 305.

Specimens examined (6): Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-31.III.2001, leg. Kadir Abdi, Burchell’s Zebra dung (1); Laikipia, MRC, 1800 m, N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’, 1-13. V.2003, #1, leg. R. Gordon, ultra violet light (5). (MRC) (NMK) (USNM).

Geographical distribution: Eastern, central and southern Africa. The true T. humilis should be distributed in southern Africa only.

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 13, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4532811

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MRC , MRC, NMK, USNM , MRC, V
Event date
2001-03-01 , 2003-05-01
Verbatim event date
2001-03-01/31 , 2003-05-01/13
Scientific name authorship
: Paulian
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Aphodiidae
Genus
Trichaphodius
Species
humilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Trichaphodius humilis Paulian, 1942 sec. Gordon, Bordat, Dellacasa & Dellacasa, 2008

References

  • Roth, J. R. 1851. Diagnosen neuer Coleoptera aus Abyssinien. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 17: 121 - 133.
  • Paulian, R. 1942. Coleoptera Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae. Exploration du Parc National Albert. Mission G. F. de Witte (1933 - 1935). Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge; Bruxelles. 35: 1 - 143.
  • Bordat, P. 1989. Revision des Aphodius sous-genre Trichaphodius du groupe humilis Roth de la region afrotropicale. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France 25: 295 - 314.