Coprophilous histerids (Coleoptera: Histeridae) of the Polish Carpathians Author Mazur, Sławomir Author Byk, Adam text Fragmenta Faunistica 2017 60 1 15 22 https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/151630e1-fde5-3019-b8a8-d9269fb3d50f/ journal article 20484 10.3161/00159301FF2017.60.1.022 02816794-93dd-444c-a513-fec375f00153 2391-5846 6252014 Margarinotus merdarius (Hoffmann, 1803) Nearly all of Europe, northern Africa, Iran , and North America. Fairly rare in Poland , from mountainous regions noted in the Eastern and Western Sudetes and the Western Beskids ( Burakowski et al. 1978 ). Caught in northern Italy in the 230-860 m altitude range ( Penati 1997 ). Caught in the Western Beskids: Żywiec Beskids (Żabnica, 736 m a.s.l.).