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Esymus merdarius (Fabricius,1775)
/ Aphodius (Esymus) merdarius /

BULGARIA - SW., Kresna env., Oshtava river valley
28.V.2006
I.Trojan lgt.

Size: 3,5 mm
Cca 30 specimen collected on mule fresh ordure early morning.
Distribution: Unbelieveble ! - from Portugal to Turkmenistan and TianShan...
also in North Africa / Maghreb /

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Acmaeodera
Acmaeoderini Orbis, Buprestidae, Scarabaeidae
acmaeodera@seznam.cz
http://www.acmaeodera.cz

For me is unbelievable, that the species occurs commonly in southern Sweden (e.g. Forshage 2003) - in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is extinct!
I collect stated times A. merdarius in Kiskunsagi N.P. (Hungary) with Ilja (Acmaeodera) in horse and sheep dung in beginning of April (where it's locally common species).

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)

This specimen (male) is from southern Sweden:

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)

Hmmm - "Schwarzenegger"....

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Acmaeodera
Acmaeoderini Orbis, Buprestidae, Scarabaeidae
acmaeodera@seznam.cz
http://www.acmaeodera.cz

And this is male from Hungary (Kiskunsági N.P.):

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Daniel

Ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον, ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον. (ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ, 1,9)