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Species Acrossidius tasmaniae Hope, 1847

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Aphodius tasmaniae Hope, F.W. 1847. Descriptions of various Coleopterous insects from New Holland, collected chiefly by Mr. Fortnum, at Adelaide. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 280-285 [publication date established from Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp. [154]] [285] [in order to maintain stability of nomenclature, the accepted name for this common species, Aphodius tasmaniae Hope, 1847, is here retained; a case needs to be made to the ICZN concerning the use of this name].
Type data:
Status unknown, OUM, TAS (as Van Diemen's Land).
Aphodius (Acrossidius) pallidihirtus Balthasar, V. 1941. Neue Arten der coprophagen Scarabaeiden aus dem Hamburger Zoologischen Museum. 65. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scarabaeiden, Col. Zoologischer Anzeiger 133: 161-171 [163].
Type data:
Holotype NMPC ♀, Mageppo Station, Mount Gambier, SA.
Aphodius australasiae Blanchard, C.E. 1846. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi Pendant les Années 1837–1840. Atlas Zoologique. Paris : Gide & Co. Vol. Insects pls 1-25. [pl. 7, fig. 14] [name first introduced in a figure; in order to maintain stability of nomenclature, the accepted name for this common species, Aphodius tasmaniae Hope, 1847, is here retained; a case needs to be made to the ICZN concerning the use of this name].
Type data:
Status unknown, TAS.
Type locality references:
Blanchard, C.E. 1853. Description des Insectes. pp. 1-422 in Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. (eds). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1840. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 4. [102].
Aphodius howitti Hope, F.W. 1847. Descriptions of various Coleopterous insects from New Holland, collected chiefly by Mr. Fortnum, at Adelaide. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 280-285 [publication date established from Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp. [154]] [285] [as Aphodius howittei, incorrect original spelling].
Type data:
Lectotype OUM ♀, Port Philip, VIC.
Subsequent designation references:
Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1995. Revision of Australian genera in the tribes Aphodiini, Aegialiini and Proctophanini (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 9: 709–766 [726].
Aphodius longitarsus Redtenbacher, L. 1867. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Coleopteren. Wien : K. Gerold's Sohn Vol. 2 249 pp. 5 pls. [58].
Type data:
Holotype Sydney (as Sidney), NSW.
Aphodius andersoni Blackburn, T. 1904. Revision of the Australian Aphodiides, and descriptions of three new species allied to them. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 17: 145-181 [154].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, western part of Eyre Peninsula, SA.
Subsequent designation references:
Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1995. Revision of Australian genera in the tribes Aphodiini, Aegialiini and Proctophanini (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 9: 709–766 [726].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

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

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Tasmania
- Victoria
New Zealand