Proagoderus aciculatus (Fåhraeus, 1857)

Gillett, Conrad P. D. T. & Barr, Iain, 2018, New Country Records of Scarab Dung Beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) in Swaziland and Zambia, The Coleopterists Bulletin 72 (3), pp. 433-438 : 436-437

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.433
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E32325-FF80-3363-85B2-3B7AFDEBFEB9
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scientific name	Proagoderus aciculatus (Fåhraeus, 1857)
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Proagoderus aciculatus (Fåhraeus, 1857) View in CoL

Previously recorded from Mozambique and South Africa ( Ferreira 1972; Palestrini 1992).

New country record for Swaziland: Two specimens, Malolotja Nature Reserve, 14 April 2015 and

31 March 2016. Diurnal. The specimens were found burrowing under fresh zebra dung in montane grassland during the late afternoon.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Proagoderus

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