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 Labarrus 1. Male head with median tubercle small, indistinct, head flat in both sexes; elytral intervals densely, rather coarsely punctured ............................................................... L meruensis (Petrovitz) — Male head with median tubercle large, distinct, head convex in both sexes; elytral intervals not noticeably punctate, or with punctures indistinct ................................................................... 2 2(1). Hind tibia with superior apical spur widened at middle, distinctly longer than first tarsal segment; middle tibia with male inferior apical spur feebly broadened and obliquely truncate apically in both sexes ................................................................................................. L. lividus (Olivier) — Hind tibia with superior apical spur evenly acuminate from base to apex, widest at base, approximately as long as first tarsal segment or slightly longer; middle tibia with inferior apical spur evenly widened, acuminate apically in both sexes ................................................... ................................................................................................. L. pseudolividus (Balthasar)