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 Trichaphodioides pulchellus (Müller) n. comb. Aphodius ( Trichaphodius ) pulchellus Müller, 1941: 344 . Specimens examined (72) : Laikipia , Impala Ranch , N00 o 30’ - E36 o 51’ , 1-13. V .2002 , #6, leg. R . Gordon , Impala dung (1) ; Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-31.III.2001 , leg. Kadir Abdi , Burchell’s Zebra dung (3); Kenya , Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-13.V.2003 , #1, leg. R . Gordon (1); idem , leg. R . Gordon , ultra violet light (25); idem , leg. R . Gordon , cattle dung (9); idem , leg. R . Gordon , Hippopotamus dung (3); idem , leg. R . Gordon , Impala dung (10); idem , leg. R . Gordon , African Buffalo dung (1); idem , leg. R . Gordon , Zebra dung (1); idem , leg. R . Gordon , pitfall trap cow dung (2) ; Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-13. V .2002 , #7, leg. R . Gordon , African Elephant dung (17) ; Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-13. V .2002 , #8, leg. R . Gordon , African Elephant dung (2) ; Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-31.VIII.2001 , leg. Kadir Abdi , Zebra dung (1). ( MRC ) ( NMK ( USNM ). Geographical distribution : Eastern Africa. Dung preference : A generalist, found in almost all mammal dung examined, and also attracted to light.