Species Airapus obscurus (Macleay, 1871)

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Species Airapus obscurus (Macleay, 1871)

Ammoecius obscurus Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [184].
Type data:
Lectotype AM K29073, Gayndah, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) AM, Gayndah, QLD Gayndah, QLD; ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens, Gayndah, QLD.
Subsequent designation references:
Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1996. Australian genera and species in the tribes Odontolochini, Psammodiini, Rhyparini, Stereomerini and part of the Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10(1): 97-170 [124].
Euparia olliffi 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 [171].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Tweed River, NSW.
Subsequent designation references:
Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1996. Australian genera and species in the tribes Odontolochini, Psammodiini, Rhyparini, Stereomerini and part of the Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10(1): 97-170 [124].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1996. Australian genera and species in the tribes Odontolochini, Psammodiini, Rhyparini, Stereomerini and part of the Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10(1): 97-170 [124]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults attracted to lights, myrmecophilous.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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