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 Pharaphodius 1. Length less than 5.0 mm .......................................................................... P. ignotus (Schmidt) — Length more than 5.0 mm .......................................................................................................... 2 2(1). Elytral intervals flat, striae feebly impressed; dorsal surface pale yellowish brown ..................... ................................................................................................... P. resplendens (Balthasar) — Elytral intervals strongly convex, striae strongly impressed; dorsal surface brown, reddish brown, or piceous .................................................................................................................................. 3 3(2). Clypeal apex abruptly angulate or slightly toothed on each side of median emargination; pronotal surface smooth, polished ................................................................... P. fiechteri (Balthasar) — Clypeal apex rounded or slightly angulate on each side of median emargination; pronotal surface at least slightly alutaceous, dull or feebly shiny ...................................................................... 4 4(3). Posterior pronotal angle slightly sinuate; elytral intervals moderately convex, wide, 3X or more width of striae; dorsal color reddish brown ........................................ P. infinitus (Schmidt) — Posterior pronotal angle broadly rounded; elytral intervals strongly convex, narrow, 2X width of striae; dorsal color dark brown to blackish .................................................. P. impurus Roth