Species Ataenius australis Harold, 1875

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• Ataenius australis Harold, E. von 1875. Diagnosen neuer Arten. Coleopterologische Hefte 13: 88-94 [89].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Australia (as Australia mer.).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1997. Revision of the Australian species of Ataenius Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae: Eupariini). Invertebrate Taxonomy 11(5): 735–821 [784].

 

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

General References

Schmidt, A. 1922. Das Tierreich. Coleoptera Aphodiinae. Berlin und Leipzig : Walter de Gruyter & Co. 614 pp. [429] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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