TWO NEW RECORDS OF THE GENUS APHODIUS ILLIGE, 1798 (COLEOPTERA: APHODIIDAE) IN IRAQTWO NEW RECORDS OF THE GENUS APHODIUS ILLIGE, 1798 (COLEOPTERA: APHODIIDAE) IN IRAQ
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https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2019.15.3.0279Keywords:
Aphodiidae, Aphodius, Coleoptera, Dung beetles, Iraq, ScarabaeoideaAbstract
In this study, the dung beetles Aphodius (Bodilus) ictericus (Laicharting, 1781) and Aphodius (Planolinellus) vittatus Say, 1825 which belongs to the family of Aphodiidae (Order: Coleoptera) are redscribed here as to being found for the first time in Iraq.
The specimens were collected from different regions in the middle of Iraq; the main diagnostic characters and some morphological features of males were drawn and pictured.
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Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). VIII. A new species from Northeastern North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 95(4): 531-533.
Dellacasa, M. 1988. Contribution to a world-wide catalogue of Aegialiidae, Aphodiidae, Aulonocnemidae, Termitotrogidae (Coleoptera Scarabaeoidea). Memoires della Societe Entomologica Italiana, 66 [1987]: 1-¬455.
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Frolov, A.V. 2001. Species of the subgenus Bodilus (genus Aphodius) from Russia and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 10(1): 89–95.
Frolov, A. and Akhmetova, L. 2005. Size correlation between larvae and adults in Aphodius (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Bulletin Del'istitut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique Entomologie, 75: 321-324.
Gordon, R. D. and Skelley, P. E. 2007. A monograph of the Aphodiini inhabiting the United States and Canada (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute,79: 580.
Jessop, L. 1986. Dung beetles and chafers: Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Handbook for the Identification of British Insects, Royal Entomological Society, UK, 5(11): 1-53.
Kaddou, I. K. 1967. Check-List of some insect fauna of Iraq. Biological Research Centre, Publication, 1: 1-53.
Khalaf, A. N. and Al-Omar, M. A. 1974. A second list of insect from Iraq. Biological Research Centre, Publication, 2: 1-38.
Şenyüz, Y. 2017. A new genus and species of Aphodiini (Coleoptera: Aphodiidae) from Istanbul Turkey. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 19(2): 113-119.
Smith, A. B. T. and Skelley, P. E. 2007. A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America. Zootaxa, 1458: 1-80.
Valiela, I. 1974. Composition, food webs and population limitation in dung arthropod communities during invasion and succession. American midland naturalist, 92(2): 370-385.
Verdu, J. R., Lumaret, J. P., and Galante, E. 1997. Biology of Aphodius hyxos Petrovitz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiidae) and description of the third larval stage. The Canadian Entomologist, 129(4): 657-665.
