An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks * Author Penati, Fabio text Zootaxa 2009 2009-12-22 2318 197 280 journal article 1175-5326 1. Onthophilus globulosus (Olivier) Onthophilus exaratus Illig. : Bargagli 1871: 42 ; Bertolini 1872 –1878: 85; Krausse 1911: 148 , 1913: 61 Literature data. “Sardinia” ( Bertolini 1872 –1878, 1904; Porta 1926 ; Luigioni 1929 ; Horion 1949 ; Barajon 1966 ; Audisio et al . 1995 ; Yélamos & Lackner 2004 ). Cagliari prov.: Assemini, rio Cixerri (CCMe). Cagliari, dint., on seashore ( Bargagli 1871 ); idem , city, 21.X.1976 , on chicken bones (used as bait), CM, 1 ex (CCMe); idem , Monte Urpinu ( Vienna 1980 ); idem , 9.V.1973 , CM, 4 ex (CPV); idem , 2.III.1976 , on cat carcass, CM, 1 ex (CCMe); idem , 31.III.1976 , on dog carcass in saponification stage, CM, 1 ex (CCMe). Pula, sd, UL, 3 ex (CUL). Quartu Sant’Elena , 24.I.1982 , on fresh sheep droppings, CM, 1 ex (CCMe); idem , loc. Is Ammostus [= Amostus], sd, UL, 7 ex (CGB). Nuoro prov.: Osini, Serra di Orrolis, Grotta di [= cave of] Orroli ( Puddu & Pirodda 1974 ; Cassola 1982 ). Sorgono, dint. ( Krausse 1913 ). Strada [= road] Fonni–Desulo, on rio Aratu, 950 m , 8.V.1995 , FA, 1 ex (CFA). Villanova Strisaili, dint., 1000 m , 23.V.1974 , VR, 1 ex (CFP). Oristano prov.: Asuni ( Krausse 1911 ); idem , 2 ex ( Vienna 1971 , 1980 ). Sedilo, 24.II.2001 (CPV). Sassari prov.: Isola Maddalena, 30.X.1994 , BC, 1 ex (CBC). Sassari, dint., 3–18.IV.1952 , in horse dung ( Strassen 1954 ). Unpublished records. “Sardinia”, sd, 4 ex (CFB as Onthophilus exaratus Illig. ). Cagliari prov.: Assemini, rio Flumini Mannu, 10.X.1989 , in cow dung, CM, 3 ex (CCMe). Cagliari, sd, UL, 6 ex ( CAD ). San Vito, IV.1872 , RG, 2 ex (MSNG). Nuoro prov.: Gairo Taquisara [= Tacquisara], IV.1872 , RG, 2 ex (MSNG). Oristano prov.: Abbasanta, loc. Losa, 300 m , 15.X.1989 , on cow dung, CM, 1 ex (CCMe). Sassari prov.: Golfo Aranci, IV.1909 , AD, 1 ex ( CAD ). Scala di Giocca, I.1899 , GDo, 1 ex (MSNG as Onthophilus exaratus Illig. , det. G. Lewis, 1903). Chorotype. 3.02 WME (W-Mediterranean). Italian distribution. Piedmont (?), Trentino-Alto Adige (?), Liguria (?), Tuscany, Latium, Campania, Apulia, Sicily and Sardinia . Ecology . Occurs under carcasses, on excrements, in manure, among decomposing vegetable matter, in rodent’s burrows, and under rabbit hutches. Notes . In Penati and Vienna (2005 , 2006a ), the data regarding the three specimens from Pula (CUL) are erroneously listed as “Cagliari, 1936, coll. Museo Genova” (see “Data Collection”).