Aphodius (Eudolus) quadriguttatus
Creators: name: Akhmetova, Lilia A.
name: Kurochkin, Andrei S.
name: Frolov, Andrey V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Aphodius
Aphodius quadriguttatus

description: Aphodius (Eudolus) quadriguttatus (Herbst, 1783)
Materials
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 25; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 6C1021DF-F310-511C-BD7C-77517E52C00A; Taxon: scientificName: Aphodius quadriguttatus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera; family: Scarabaeidae; genus: Aphodius; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Orenburg; locality: Pervomaiskij Distr., 6.28 km SSW of Polyanskij vill., urochishche Pal’govo, gully bottom, forb-fescue steppe.; decimalLatitude: 51.83; decimalLongitude: 50.87; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: L. A. Akhmetova; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak, near burrow entrance; eventDate: 2023-05 - 18; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 6; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 89BD0FA4-4EAB-54D8-AE82-5418D7630ADC; Taxon: scientificName: Aphodius quadriguttatus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera; family: Scarabaeidae; genus: Aphodius; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Orenburg; locality: Pervomaiskij Distr., 7.32 km SSW of Koshkin vill., urochishche Pal’govo, gully bottom, forb-wormwood-grass steppe.; decimalLatitude: 51.82; decimalLongitude: 50.86; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: L. A. Akhmetova; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak, near burrow entrance; eventDate: 2023-05 - 19; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 37; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 7932A530-F74A-5CF0-9C37-9C23C75EC19B; Taxon: scientificName: Aphodius quadriguttatus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera; family: Scarabaeidae; genus: Aphodius; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Samara; locality: Bol’shechernigovskij distr., 3.9 km SSW of Polyanskij vill., gully bottom, forb-grass steppe.; decimalLatitude: 51.85; decimalLongitude: 50.89; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: L. A. Akhmetova; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak, in toilet burrow; eventDate: 2023-04 - 28; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 10; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 74617261-8702-56DF-B116-A4AC9888C99D; Taxon: scientificName: Aphodius quadriguttatus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera; family: Scarabaeidae; genus: Aphodius; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Samara; locality: Bol’shechernigovskij distr., 2.44 km SSW of Polyanskij vill., gully Barsuchikha, forb-fescue-feather grass steppe; decimalLatitude: 51.9; decimalLongitude: 50.93; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: L. A. Akhmetova; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak, in toilet burrow; eventDate: 2023-05 - 19; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 11; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: 5DEFA264-CB47-54B6-B012-63FC0B97DA1A; Taxon: scientificName: Aphodius quadriguttatus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera; family: Scarabaeidae; genus: Aphodius; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Samara; locality: Bol’shechernigovskij distr., 3.54 km SSW of Polyanskij vill., gully bottom, forb-grass steppe.; decimalLatitude: 51.86; decimalLongitude: 50.88; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: L. A. Akhmetova; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak, near burrow entrance; eventDate: 2023-04 - 28; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera
Type status: Other material. Occurrence: recordedBy: A. S. Kurochkin; individualCount: 15; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: C7D9036F-0CE6-5B9C-8B85-2DC596652BF0; Taxon: scientificName: Aphodius quadriguttatus; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Arthropoda; class: Insecta; order: Coleoptera; family: Scarabaeidae; genus: Aphodius; taxonRank: species; Location: country: Russia; stateProvince: Samara; locality: Bol’shechernigovskij distr., 3.54 km SSW of Polyanskij vill., gully bottom, forb-grass steppe.; decimalLatitude: 51.86; decimalLongitude: 50.88; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: L. A. Akhmetova; dateIdentified: 2023; Event: samplingProtocol: From feces of Marmota bobak, near burrow entrance; eventDate: 2023-04 - 28; Record Level: collectionID: urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34969; institutionCode: ZIN; collectionCode: Coleoptera
Distribution
The species is distributed in Europe, North Africa, west Asia, Kazakhstan and Middle Asia. In Russia, it mostly occurs in the Vorga Region and the Ciscaucasus.
Biology
A coprophagous species occurring in the dung of different animals. It prefers arid biotopes with sandy and sandy clay soils.
description: Published as part of Akhmetova, Lilia A., Kurochkin, Andrei S. & Frolov, Andrey V., 2024, Dung-beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae, Scarabaeinae) feeding on faeces of steppe marmots Marmota bobak (Rodentia, Sciuridae) in Middle Volga territory, pp. e 125090 in Biodiversity Data Journal 12 on page e125090, DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e125090