dc:creator"Angus, Robert B.; Maté, Jason F.; Angus, Elizabeth M.; Král, David";
dc:date"2024";
dc:title"Towards a revision of the Palaearctic species of Aphodius Hellwig, 1798, subgenus Liothorax Motschulsky, 1860 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae)";
dc:description"Figure 2. a – k whole beetles a A. plagiatus, CZ, Moravia b A. plagiatus, MG, Mongolia c A. jakutorum, holotype, RU, East Siberia d L. rodrigoi sp. nov., holotype SP, Aranjuez e A. rutilipennis (A. ressli, holotype) TR, Hatay, Iskenderun f A. rutilipennis, large ♀, CY, Akrotiri g A. rutilipennis (A. cypricola, holotype) CY h A. chellala sp. nov., holotype, AG, Chellala i A. rusakovi, ♂ paratype, RU, Orenburg j A. discoides, neotype (A. bytinskisalzi, holotype) IS, Kuneitra k A. discoides, black form from TR, Karakurt. Scale bar: 1 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 7. a – k epipharynxes a – f A. plagiatus plagiatus a, b GB, Hunstanton, Norfolk c CZ, Moravia, Dobré Pole d RU, Pavlovsk, St Petersburg e A. p. sinoplagiatus ssp. nov., paratype, CH, Gangca, Qinghai f A. p. sinoplagiatus?, CH, “ Pekin, coll. Fry ” g A. rodrigoi sp. nov., holotype, SP h A. discoides, TR i A. rusakovi, paratype, RU, Orenburg j A. rutilipennis, CY, Akrotiri k A. chellala, sp. nov., paratype, AG, Chellala. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 11. Aphodius plagiatus group, maxillae a A. rusakovi, KZ, Syr-Darja b, c A. kraatzi b CZ c RU d A. plagiatus plagiatus, GB, Norfolk e A. p. sinoplagiatus ssp. nov., paratype, CH, Qinghai, Gangca f A. rodrigoi sp. nov. paratype SP Madrid, Aranjuez g A chellala, paratype, AG, Chellala h A. rutilipennis CY i A. discoides, TR, Karacadag. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 20. Metaventrites, A. plagiatus group a A. plagiatus plagiatus, GB, Studland, ♂ b A. p. sinoplagiatus ssp. nov., paratype, CH, Gansu, ♀ c, d A. rutilipennis, CY c ♂ d ♀ e, f A. chellala sp. nov., paratypes, AG e ♂ f ♀ g, h A. kraatzi, RU, Orenburg, ♂ i A. kraatzi, SK, ♀ j A. rodrigoi sp. nov., holotype, ♂, SP, Provinicia de Madrid, Aranjuez k, l A. discoides k neotype ♂, IS, Kuneitra l TR, ♀ m, n A. rusakovi m paratype, ♂, RU, Orenburg n ♀ RU, Volgograd oblast’. Scale bar: 0.5 mm.";
dc:description"Figure 22. Aphodius plagiatus group aedeagi a – c A. plagiatus plagiatus, GB, Studland, Dorset, aedeagus with extruded endophallus a, b SEM images a whole aedeagus b endophallus in more detail c stacked photograph of endophallus d – g A. discoides, neotype (Aphodius bytinskisalzi, holotype, IS, Kuneitra) d, e, e ’ SEM images f, g stacked photographs h – n cleared preparations mounted on slides h A. p. plagiatus, GB, Norfolk i A. p. sinoplagiatus? “ China, Pekin ”, Fry collection i ’ teeth on neck of endophallus in the region marked with an arrow in i j, k A. plagiatus sinoplagiatus ssp. nov., paratypes j CH, Gangca k CH, Tsaidam l Aphodius jakutorum Balthasar, lectotype, RU, East Siberia m A. rodrigoi sp. nov., holotype, SP, Aranjuez, dissected aedeagus m ’ endophallus m ” endophallic teeth in area indicated by arrow in m ’ at higher magnification n A. discoides, TR, Karacadag n ’ teeth on neck of endophallus, in area indicated by arrow in n at higher magnification o A. discoides, black specimen from TR, Karakurt, o ’ teeth on neck of endophallus, in area indicated by arrow in o at higher magnification p, p ’ A. rusakovi p paratype, RU, Orenburg p ’ RU Volgograd obl. Fastov, paramere, lateral q – v SEM images and stacked photographs q, r A. rutilipennis, CY, with endophallus inflated q SEM image q ’ (bottom right of plate) dorsal surface of endophallus in area indicated by arrow in q at higher magnification, to show the hair-like setae r stacked photograph of the same specimen s, s ’ A. chellala sp. nov., paratype with endophallus extruded s stacked photograph s ’, s ”, s ” ’ SEMs of the same specimen s ”, s ” ’ at higher magnifications t, u L. chellala sp. nov., holotype with the endophallus extruded t stacked photograph u SEM image v – z photographs of cleared specimens mounted in DMHF on slides v, w A. rutilipennis v CY w TR w ’ teeth on neck of endophallus, in area indicated by arrow in w at higher magnification x A. chellala sp. nov., paratype, AG, Taguin (La Smala) x ’ teeth on neck of endophallus, in area indicated by arrow in x at higher magnification y, z A. kraatzi y KZ, Syr Darya z AF, Kabul z ’ teeth on neck of endophallus, in area indicated by arrow in z at higher magnification Scale bar 1: 1 mm (a, d, f – t, v – z); 0.4 mm (n ’, o ’, s ”, w ’, x ’, z ’); 0.17 mm (e ’, m ”, q’ s ” ’). Scale bar 2: 1 mm (b, c, e, g and s ”).";
dc:description"Figure 29. a distribution of niger - group taxa in Western and Central Europe b distribution of Liothorax species in Central and Eastern Palearctic c distribution of plagiatus - group species in Central and Eastern Palearctic. The record of isikdagensis with the question mark indicates a doubtful specimen from Artvin Çam, TR (Ziani Coll).";
dc:description"Figure 28. Habitat pictures a A. plagiatus, RU, Pavlosk Park b A. rodrigoi sp. nov., SP, Toledo, Quero c A. p. sinoplagiatus, CN, Tibet, Ganca d A. kraatzi, RU, Astrakhan oblast’ e A. alberti sp. nov., TU, Ovit Dağı (photograph Copyright Yunus Yasuv) f A. felix sp. nov., IT, Campo Felice.";
