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 Author Frolov, Andrey Author Akhmetova, Lilia text Biodiversity Data Journal 2013 1 979 979 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e979 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.1.e979 1314-2828--979 sus Heptaulacus Aphodius Scarabaeidae Coleoptera Insecta Arthropoda Animalia Aphodius sus (Herbst, 1783) Materials Type status: Other material Occurrence: recordedBy: A. V. Frolov, L. A. Akhmetova ; individualCount: 1 ; 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: 2006-10-06 ; 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: 18 ; 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: 2006-10-07 ; 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: 6 ; Location: country: Russia ; stateProvince: Astrakhan'; locality: S of Dosang, near Akhtuba River floodplain ; Event: samplingProtocol: larvae hand collecting from soil ; eventDate: 2007-05-01 ; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN ; collectionCode: Coleoptera Ecological interactions Feeds on Adults occur in large numbers in horse dung in the fall. Larvae were collected among grass roots at the depth of 10-15 cm in riverine secondary forest ( Frolov 2009 ). Distribution Middle and southern Europe, Minor Asia, North Africa, northern Iran, Central Asia up to South Siberia.