First country records of Erytus aequalis and Euorodalus tersus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae) from Albania and Montenegro Author Král, David Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná 7, CZ- 128 43 Praha 2, Czech Republic. E-mail: kral @ natur. cuni. cz Author Kopr, David Department of Zoology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, CZ- 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic. E-mail: kopr. d @ seznam. cz Author Bezděk, Aleš Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská 31, CZ- 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Repulic. E-mail: bezdek @ entu. cas. cz * corresponding author Author . text Ecologica Montenegrina 2021 2021-04-04 41 35 40 http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2021.41.5 journal article 300852 10.37828/em.2021.41.5 1d1bc6c2-89c4-492a-bf57-f24b8cb207c6 2336-9744 13233274 Erytus aequalis (A. Schmidt, 1907) ( Figs. 1 , 3 , 7 ) Material examined. Albania . Vlorë , Kaninë env., 40°26'N 19°31'E , 2.–3.v.2015 , in sheep droppings, D. & L. Kopr lgt., 1 spec. DKCB . Montenegro . S env. of Podgorica , 42°23'55"N 19°14'49"E , ca 40 m , 11.iv.2015 , in sheep droppings, D. Král lgt., 2 spec. NMPC . Figures 1-2. Newly recorded aphodiine species for Albania and Montenegro. (1) Erytus aequalis (body length: 4.4 mm), Albania, Kaninë, 2015. (2) Euorodalus tersus (body length: 3.8 mm), Albania, Akerni, 2015. Distribution. Central Asian-European species. Distribution in Asia extends east to northwestern China (Xinjiang and Xizang) and is also known from North Africa (Algeria, Libya and Tunisia) (M. Dellacasa et al. 2016 ). In Europe, the species is reported from France (Corsica), southern Italy (Calabria, Puglia and Sardinia) (M. Dellacasa 1999 ; M. Dellacasa & G. Dellacasa 2000 , G. Dellacasa & M. Dellacasa 2006 ; M. Dellacasa et al. 2016 ) and from the Balkan Peninsula from where it was known so far only from Bulgaria: Balčik, 1982 – Král & Malý (1993) , Romania: Taşaul lake env., 1957 – Ieniştea (1982) and Greece: Gythion, Kyparissia – G. Dellacasa (1973) , Karpathos, 1982 – Krell (1986) . First country records from Albania and Montenegro .