Zu Verbreitung und Morphologie einiger Onthophagus-Arten der Schweiz (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)

By

Krell, Frank-Thorsten

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018-7-26

Original Publication

Alpine entomology

Volume

2

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

59--75

Subjects

Onthophagini Central Europe Alps faunistics morpho

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[Sofia, Bulgaria] Pensoft Publishers 2017-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.2.23345

 

Abstract

On distribution and morphology of someOnthophagusspecies in Switzerland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). – On the basis of 1097 specimens from 12 collections, the distribution of ten dung beetle species of the genusOnthophagus(Scarabaeidae) in Switzerland is compiled and shown in distribution maps:O.taurus-group:O.illyricus,O.taurus;O.fracticornis-group:O.fracticornis,O.opacicollis,O.similis;O.ovatus-group:O.baraudi,O.grossepunctatus,O.joannae,O.ovatus,O.ruficapillus. New characters of the female genitalia allow species identification ofO.fracticornis,O.similis, andO.ruficapillus. Reduced male characters of a smallO.gibbulusare described.