Onthophilus globulosus (Olivier)

Penati, Fabio, 2009, An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks *, Zootaxa 2318, pp. 197-280 : 207-208

1. Onthophilus globulosus (Olivier)

Onthophilus exaratus Illig. : Bargagli 1871: 42; Bertolini 1872 –1878: 85; Krausse 1911: 148, 1913: 61

Literature data. “Sardinia” ( Bertolini 1872 –1878, 1904; Porta 1926; Luigioni 1929; Horion 1949; Barajon 1966; Audisio et al. 1995; Yélamos & Lackner 2004). Cagliari prov.: Assemini, rio Cixerri (CCMe). Cagliari, dint., on seashore ( Bargagli 1871); idem, city, 21.X.1976, on chicken bones (used as bait), CM, 1 ex (CCMe); idem, Monte Urpinu ( Vienna 1980); idem, 9.V.1973, CM, 4 ex (CPV); idem, 2.III.1976, on cat carcass, CM, 1 ex (CCMe); idem, 31.III.1976, on dog carcass in saponification stage, CM, 1 ex (CCMe). Pula, sd, UL, 3 ex (CUL). Quartu Sant’Elena, 24.I.1982, on fresh sheep droppings, CM, 1 ex (CCMe); idem, loc. Is Ammostus [= Amostus], sd, UL, 7 ex (CGB). Nuoro prov.: Osini, Serra di Orrolis, Grotta di [= cave of] Orroli ( Puddu & Pirodda 1974; Cassola 1982). Sorgono, dint. ( Krausse 1913). Strada [= road] Fonni–Desulo, on rio Aratu, 950 m, 8.V.1995, FA, 1 ex (CFA). Villanova Strisaili, dint., 1000 m, 23.V.1974, VR, 1 ex (CFP). Oristano prov.: Asuni ( Krausse 1911); idem, 2 ex ( Vienna 1971, 1980). Sedilo, 24.II.2001 (CPV). Sassari prov.: Isola Maddalena, 30.X.1994, BC, 1 ex (CBC). Sassari, dint., 3–18.IV.1952, in horse dung ( Strassen 1954).

Unpublished records. “Sardinia”, sd, 4 ex (CFB as Onthophilus exaratus Illig. ). Cagliari prov.: Assemini, rio Flumini Mannu, 10.X.1989, in cow dung, CM, 3 ex (CCMe). Cagliari, sd, UL, 6 ex ( CAD). San Vito, IV.1872, RG, 2 ex (MSNG). Nuoro prov.: Gairo Taquisara [= Tacquisara], IV.1872, RG, 2 ex (MSNG). Oristano prov.: Abbasanta, loc. Losa, 300 m, 15.X.1989, on cow dung, CM, 1 ex (CCMe). Sassari prov.: Golfo Aranci, IV.1909, AD, 1 ex ( CAD). Scala di Giocca, I.1899, GDo, 1 ex (MSNG as Onthophilus exaratus Illig. , det. G. Lewis, 1903).

Chorotype. 3.02 WME (W-Mediterranean).

Italian distribution. Piedmont (?), Trentino-Alto Adige (?), Liguria (?), Tuscany, Latium, Campania, Apulia, Sicily and Sardinia.

Ecology. Occurs under carcasses, on excrements, in manure, among decomposing vegetable matter, in rodent’s burrows, and under rabbit hutches.

Notes. In Penati and Vienna (2005, 2006a), the data regarding the three specimens from Pula (CUL) are erroneously listed as “Cagliari, 1936, coll. Museo Genova” (see “Data Collection”).