Identification of beetles (Coleoptera)

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28.05.2009 19:22, akulich-sibiria

To akulich-sibiria:
1. Afodka is quite strange: it doesn't look much like pusillus and tristis, rather something from the subgenus Phalacronotus, just in case I would check for Plagiogonus.
2. It's kind of stunted for vitulus. And by what keys?
3. Scaphisoma (most likely), or Caryoscapha. If it's exactly a scaphysoma, then you need to pull the genitals.
4. IMHO Harpalus from the H. pumilus
Elephant group-from the Otiorhynchae... Yours - nooo....

Very very similar to Aphodius (Phalacronotus) biguttatus.!!!

and Onthophagus well, it seems there are no more options...although indeed, in terms of size, it let you down. WELL, from the O. vitulus group according to Kabakov, that's for sure. the spur on his front shins is curved inwards....yes and by external sign

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02.06.2009 2:04, PG18

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M. ?intermedia - in general, it should not be there, but I have 3 specimens from those places, but females, so the taxonomic affiliation has not yet been clarified.
M. crocata Pall.
M. elegantissima
Lydulus semipurpureus Rtt? what size, small, mm 6-8?

Thank you, Sergey!
Why shouldn't intermedia be there? After all, this is a few kilometers from the border of Atyrau region, its extreme eastern projection, the distribution of which is mentioned in your book.
Lydulus semipurpureus-yes, this is the size. Interesting find for Kazakhstan? There are a dozen copies. Need an accurate label? The beetles were kept not on legumes (although there were plenty of flowering astragalus around), but on Iris songarica...