Aphodius curtulus (Harold, 1866)

Frolov, Andrey & Akhmetova, Lilia, 2013, A contribution to the study of the Lower Volga center of scarab beetle diversity in Russia: checklist of the tribe Aphodiini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) of Dosang environs, Biodiversity Data Journal 1, pp. 979-979 : 979

curtulus Mendidius Aphodius Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia

Aphodius curtulus (Harold, 1866)

Materials

Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 2; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: 15 km NE of Dosang ; decimalLatitude: 47.00; decimalLongitude: 47.98; Event: samplingProtocol: sand sifting; eventDate: 2008-04-07; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 3; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.92; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: sand sifting; eventDate: 2006-10-7/11; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 1; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.92; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: sand sifting; eventDate: 2007-04-13/15; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 5; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: 8 km NE of Dosang ; decimalLatitude: 46.94; decimalLongitude: 48.02; Event: samplingProtocol: sand sifting; eventDate: 2007-04-17/21; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Ecological interactions

Feeds on

Adults were found in sand near plant roots.

Distribution

Caspian lowland desert.