Associations
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Plant / resting place / within
imago of Aphodius lividus may be found in dung of Mammalia
Plant / resting place / within
imago of Aphodius lividus may be found in dung of Equus caballus
Plant / resting place / within
imago of Aphodius lividus may be found in dung of Ovis aries
Comprehensive Description
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Aphodius (Nialus) lividus pseudolividus(Balthasar)
Aphodius pseudolividus Balthasar, 1941:148.
Aphodius (Nialus) lividus pseudolividus (Balthasar).—Chalumeau, 1977a:234.
Scarabaeus lividus Olivier, 1789:86.
Aphodius lividus.—Creutzer, 1799:44.
Aphodius (Nialus) lividus.—Reitter, 1892:202.
TYPE-LOCALITY.—America meridionale.
LOCATION OF TYPE.—Probably in Balthasar Collection.
SPECIMENS EXAMINED.—20.
DATES COLLECTED.—May, Sep.
DOMINICAN DISTRIBUTION.—Grande Savane, Morne Guy, Bellevue (Chopin), Pont Cassé.
PREVIOUSLY RECORDED DISTRIBUTION.—Guadeloupe, Martinique, Cuba, Jamaica, Grenada; practically all West Indian Islands (Chapin, 1940).
- bibliographic citation
- Cartwright, Oscar Ling and Chalumeau, Fortuné E. 1978. "The Scarabaeoides of Dominica (Coleoptera) : Bredin-Archbold-Smithsonian biological survey." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-32. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.279
