Species Sauvagesinella becki (Paulian, 1934)

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Species Sauvagesinella becki (Paulian, 1934)

Tesserodon becki Paulian, R. 1934. Essai sur les Canthonides de la Région australienne (Col. Lamellicornia). I. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 39: 275-288 [287].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, King George Sound, WA.

Generic Combinations

Sauvagesinella becki (Paulian, 1934).

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, open forest, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

At possum dung, in paperbark, Melaleuca sp., swamp.

General References

Gunter, N.L. & Weir, T.A. 2017. Two new genera of Australian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with the description of six new species and transfer of six described species. Zootaxa 4290(2): 201–243 [236] (redescribed)

Ridsdill Smith, T.J., Weir, T.A. & Peck, S.B. 1983. Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) active in forest habitats in southwestern Australia during winter. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 307-309 (biology)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-May-2019	Scarabaeinae	19-Oct-2017	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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