Species Aphodius fimetarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scarabaeus fimetarius Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [348] [Landin, B.-O. 1956. The Fabrician species of Aphodiini and Aegialiini (Col. Lamellicornia). Opuscula Entomologica 21: 203–228 (8) considered four specimens in the Linnean Society of London collection to be those on which Linnaeus based his description].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, LS possibly 4 specimens, Europe.

  Secondary source:

   Landin, B.-O. 1956. The Fabrician species of Aphodiini and Aegialiini (Col. Lamellicornia). Opuscula Entomologica. Lund 21: 203-228.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from unknown country.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), 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), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia: SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Nearctic Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Horse or cow dung.

 

General References

Balthasar, V. 1964. Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Band 3. Aphodiidae. Prague : Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Vol. 3 652 pp. 2 pls. [364] (extralimital synonymy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)