Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of the Mpala Research Centre and environs, Laikipia District, Kenya

Authors

Robert D. Gordon, Northern Plains EntomologyFollow
Patrice Bordat, Lagasse, F-82300 Saint-Cirq, France
Giovanni Dellacasa, Genova, Italy
Marco Dellacasa, Università di Pisa, via Roma

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 2008

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by Gordon, Bordat, Dellacasa, and Dellacasa.

Abstract

The dung beetle fauna of the subfamily Aphodiinae occurring in the Laikipia District of Kenya was surveyed. In total, 14 genera and 29 species were found and these taxa are placed in identification keys. Known generic distributions are provided and species collection data listed.