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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Onthophagus subgenus Strandius Balthasar, 1963

Thank you very much

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Onthophagus (Strandius) gagates Hope, 1831

Balthasar: 2.Tiel Coprinae (Onitini, Oniticellini, Onthophagini).
Verlag der Tschechoslowakischen Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Prag. 1963. 628 S. + XVI Taf.

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Hallo Honza,
sure both gagates? sorry I do not understand anything, but the clypeus is simple in design, whereas yours is bifid. Can be the difference between male and female?

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CIAO Augusto Degiovanni

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I am not a specialist in this group.I compared it with pieces in the collection colleagues,females and males differ.Described 17 species of this group.Only species gagates is Kaschmir.I could make a mistake. Maybe it's a new species

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Research Fields
Taxonomy, ecology, biomonitoring , faunistic of Staphylinidae

Me neither.
He thinks I do not know anything regarding the family, but if it is not a sexual dimorphism might also be something different, again, why not.

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CIAO Augusto Degiovanni

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Onthophagus (Strandius) gagates (immagine: Käfer der Welt).
Like Augusto (Notoxus59), I think that the Honza's one is another species.

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Marcello Romano

dear all

it's not possible to come to an end on those pictures: it could be gagatoides kabakov, but you need to check the genitalia