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 Pharaphodius ( s . l .) impurus (Roth) Aphodius impurus Roth, 1851: 131 . Pharaphodius impurus : Paulian, 1942: 40 . Aphodius ( Pharaphodius ) impurus: Bordat, 1990a: 68 . Specimens examined (42) : Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-30.IV.2002 , leg. Kadir Abdi , Hippopotamus dung (2) ; Laikipia , MRC , 1800 m , N00 o 17’ - E36 o 53’ , 1-13. V .2003, #1, leg. R. Gordon , African Buffalo dung (3); idem , leg. R . Gordon , ultra violet light (3) ; 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’ , 1-13. V .2002, #7, leg. R. Gordon , African Elephant dung (1); idem , 15-28.II.2001 , #1, leg. R . Gordon , Waterbuck dung (12); idem , #1, leg. R . Gordon , Hippopotamus dung (7); idem , #1, leg. R . Gordon , African elephant dung (10); idem , #1, leg. R . Gordon , Giraffe dung (1) ; Laikipia Plateau , Mpala Research Centre , N 00017 ' N- E36 o 53' , 1650 m , 17-20.IX.1999 , leg. S.E. Miller , T . M. Kuklenski & R . R . Snelling (2). ( MRC ) ( NMK ) ( USNM ) . Geographical distribution : Afrotropical region. Dung preference : This is a certain generalist species.