Forum Entomologi Italiani

Kheper sp. -
Zambia, Western province: 18 km W Kaoma, 1167m, 7/14.XII.2008, su sterco umano

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Gianfranco Sama

"Benedetto colui che ti aiuta a correggere i tuoi errori invece di scagliarteli contro"
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Gershom Sholem

Chissà di chi

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Maurizio Bollino

Kheper festivus Harold, 1868

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Tutte le mattine si piazzavano trappole per stercorari

Thank you Jan

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Gianfranco Sama

"Benedetto colui che ti aiuta a correggere i tuoi errori invece di scagliarteli contro"
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Gershom Sholem

P. Moretto revised in 1998 the Kheper festivus complex, and raised from synonymy 2 species, like Kheper vanderkelleni Lansberge, 1886. All specimens from Zambia belong to this last species.
The nominal form of K. festivus is from western Africa only, with some subspecies in Tanzania and Shaba.

New name
Scarabaeus (Kheper) vanderkelleni Lansberge 1886
Zambia, Malawi, Republic Democratic Congo, Zimbabwe, Angola


http://216.73.243.70/scarabnet/FMPro?-d ... 051&-find=

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae