Aphodius dosangi Frolov et Akhmetova, 2008

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

dosangi Nobius Aphodius Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia

Aphodius dosangi Frolov et Akhmetova, 2008

Materials

Type status: Holotype

Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 1; sex: male; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.90; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2007-05-24; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Paratype

Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 5; sex: females; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.90; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: light trap; eventDate: 2007-05-24; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Paratype

Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 2; sex: females; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, left bank of Akhtuba River, floodplain ; decimalLatitude: 46.91; decimalLongitude: 47.91; Event: samplingProtocol: cow dung washing; eventDate: 2006-10-06; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Paratype

Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 2; sex: 1 male and 1 female; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.90; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: horse dung washing; eventDate: 2006-10-11; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Paratype

Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 1; sex: female; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.92; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: hand collecting from old horse dung; eventDate: 2007-04-13 /15; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Type status: Paratype

Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova; individualCount: 21; sex: 12 males and 9 females; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, fixed sands ; decimalLatitude: 46.92; decimalLongitude: 47.92; Event: samplingProtocol: larvae hand collecting old horse dung; eventDate: 2007-04-17; 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: 2; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: Dosang environs, left bank of Akhtuba River, floodplain ; decimalLatitude: 46.91; decimalLongitude: 47.91; Event: samplingProtocol: horse dung washing; eventDate: 2007-04-10; 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: horse dung washing; eventDate: 2007-04-17; 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: 12; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: 8 km NE of Dosang ; decimalLatitude: 46.94; decimalLongitude: 48.02; Event: samplingProtocol: larvae hand collecting old horse dung; eventDate: 2008-04-09; 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: cow dung washing; eventDate: 2012-05-15; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera

Ecological interactions

Feeds on

Adults were found in horse and cow dung.

Distribution

Caspian lowland desert.