Dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) of the Mpala Research Centre and environs, Laikipia District, Kenya Author Gordon, Robert D. Northern Plains Entomology P. O. Box, 65 Willow City, ND 58384 USA Author Bordat, Patrice Lagasse, F- 82300 Saint-Cirq, France Author Dellacasa, Giovanni C. P. 921, I- 1612 Genova, Italy Author Dellacasa, Marco Centro Interdipartimentale, Museo di Storia Naturalle e del Territorio Università di Pisa, via Roma 79, I- 56011 Calci (Pisa) Italy text Insecta Mundi 2008 2008-03-03 2008 28 1 15 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.4532811 1942-1354 4532811 Neocolobopterus maculicollis (Reiche) , n. comb. Aphodius maculicollis Reiche, 1847: 341 . Aphodius ( Neocolobopterus ) maculicollis : G. Dellacasa, 1986: 209 . Neocolobopterus maculicollis: Cambefort and Bordat 2003: 572 . Specimens examined (36) : Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-13. V .2003 , #1, leg. R. Gordon (14); idem , leg. R . Gordon , cattle dung (5); idem , leg. R Gordon , African Buffalo dung (3); idem , leg. R . Gordon , pitfall trap Impala dung (1); idem , leg. R . Gordon , pitfall trap cow dung (11) ; Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-13. V .2002 , #3, leg. R. Gordon , cattle dung (1) ; Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-31.VIII.2001 , leg. Kadir Abdi , Zebra dung (1); idem , leg. Kadir Abdi , Waterbuck dung (2). ( MRC ) ( NMK ) ( USNM ) . Geographical distribution : Afrotropical region. Dung preference : A dung generalist, specimens found in dung of cattle, impala, waterbuck, and zebra.