Species Ataenius peregrinator Harold, 1877

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Species Ataenius peregrinator Harold, 1877

Ataenius peregrinator Harold, E. von 1877. Enumération des Lamellicornes Coprophages rapportés de l'Archipel Malais, de la Nouvelle Guinée et de l'Australie boréale par M.M.J. Doria, O. Beccari et L.M. D'Albertis. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 10: 38-110 [96].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP, Sulawesi (as Celebes), Indonesia.
Subsequent designation references:
Cartwright, O.L. & Gordon, R.D. 1971. Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae. Insects of Micronesia 17(4): 257-296 [272].
Saprosites clypealis Lea, A.M. 1923. On Australian Aphodiides (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 36: 1-20 [14].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA, Cairns, QLD.
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 [743].
Ataenius sumatrensis Balthasar, V. 1941. Neue coprophage Scarabaeiden des Deutschen Entomologischen Instituts (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 8: 181-184 [184].
Type data:
Holotype DEIB, Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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 [743]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cairns.

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

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Fiji
Indonesia
- Sulawesi (Celebes)
Marshall Islands

Oriental Region

Christmas Island (Aust. Terr.)
Indonesia
- Java
- Kalimantan
- Sumatra
Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

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)
		18-Feb-2013	MODIFIED

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