Four new Aphodius Illiger from pocket gopher burrows in Arizona, Utah, Kansas and Nebraska (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)

Authors

William B. Warner, Chandler, AZFollow
Paul E. Skelley, Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 2006

Comments

Published in INSECTA MUNDI, Vol. 20, No. 1-2, March-June, 2006. Copyright © 2006 P. Skelley and W. Warner. Used by permission.

Abstract

We describe four new species of winter-active Aphodius (sensu lato) from pocket gopher burrows in Arizona, Utah, Kansas, and Nebraska: A. caccabatus, A. paulseni, A. skillmani, and A. utopensis. Diagnostic characters of all four species are illustrated.