Aphodius (Mesontoplatys) parvulus Harold, 1871

Král, David & Šípek, Petr, 2013, Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of the Goa, Maharashtra and Rajasthan (India) with description of Aphodius (Gilletianus) rajawatorum sp. nov., Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 633-648 : 644

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5739687

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5739711

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scientific name

Aphodius (Mesontoplatys) parvulus Harold, 1871
status

 

Aphodius (Mesontoplatys) parvulus Harold, 1871

Distribution. Widespread Afrotropical species reaching desert and semidesert regions of the Indian subcontinent in Pakistan ( BALTHASAR 1964, BORDAT 1990, DELLACASA 1988, DELLACASA & DELLACASA 2006a, ENDRŐDI 1964) and northern India: Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand ( MITTAL 1981, 1999, 2000, 2005). First record for the state of Rajasthan.

BALTHASAR V. 1964: Monographie der Scarabaeidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region. Bd. 3. Verlag der Tschechoslowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Prag, 652 pp.

BORDAT P. 1990: Coleopteres Aphodiidae. Sous-famille Aphodiinae. Pp. 1 - 130. In: BORDAT P., PAULIAN R. & PITTINO R. (eds.): Coleopteres Aphodiidae. Faune de Madagascar 74. Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 251 pp.

DELLACASA M. 1988: Contribution to a world-wide catalogue of Aegialiidae, Aphodiidae, Aulonocnemidae, Termitotrogidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 66 (1987): 1 - 455.

DELLACASA M. & DELLACASA G. 2006 a: Tribe Aphodiini Leach, 1815. Pp. 105 - 142. In: LOBL I. & SMETANA A. (eds.): Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Vol. 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dasciloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 690 pp.

ENDRODI S. 1964: Die Aphodiinae des Kongo-Gebietes in Rahmen der Fauna von Zentral-Afrika (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae). Annales du Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Serie 8 °, Sciences Zoologiques 123: 1 - 415.

MITTAL I. C. 1981: Scarabaeids from Haryana and surrounding areas. Bulletin of Entomology 22: 35 - 40.

MITTAL I. C. 1999: Annotated list of scarab fauna (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) of Western Uttar Pradesh (U. P.), India. Annals of Entomology 17: 25 - 43.

MITTAL I. C. 2000: Survey of scarabeid (Coleoptera) fauna of Himachal Pradesh (India). Journal of Entomological Research 24: 259 - 269.

MITTAL I. C. 2005: Diversity and conservation status of dung beetles (Laparosticti: Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) in North India. Bulletin of the National Institute of Ecology 15: 43 - 51.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Aphodiidae

Genus

Aphodius