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 Key to Laikipia species of Trichaphodioides 1. Elytra completely pubescent, pubescence on disc distinctly visible ........ T. cinerascens (Klug) — Elytra with apical and lateral pubescence, disc not pubescent, or if so pubescence not distinctly visible ........................................................................................................................................ 2 2(1). Ventral surface yellow, if dark then legs pale yellow; elytra pale brownish yellow, with contrasting transverse dark mark on apical declivity of each elytron ...................... T. schaumi (Harold) — Ventral surface brown or dark brown, legs brown or yellowish brown; elytra brown, with or without obscure transverse mark on apical declivity of each elytron ...................................... 3 3(2). Dorsal color predominantly reddish brown; elytral intervals alutaceous, shiny; body comparatively short, wide ..................................................................................... T. calcaratus (Boheman) — Dorsal color predominantly dark brown; elytral intervals alutaceous, dull; body comparatively elongate, narrow ................................................................................. T. pulchellus (Müller)