Species Ataenius picinus Harold, 1867

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• Ataenius picinus Harold, E. von 1867. Die chilenischen Aphodiiden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 11: 278-282 [281].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, Chile (as Chili).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cartwright, O.L. 1973. Additional lectotype designations in the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 27: 41-43 [41].
• Ataenius duplopunctatus Lea, A.M. 1923. On Australian Aphodiides (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 36: 1-20 [6].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA, Parkerville, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2 specimens, Parkerville, WA; SAMA 1 specimen, Forrest, VIC; SAMA 1 specimen, Mount Lofty, SA; NMV 2 specimens, Linga, VIC; NMV 1 specimen, Noble Park, VIC.

  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 [746].
• Ataenius boucomonti Paulian, R. 1937. Trois nouveaux Ataenius de la région australienne (Col. Lamellicornia). Miscellanea Entomologica 38: 41-43 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype Sydney, NSW.
• Saprosites rugosus Richards, A.M. 1959. Revision of the genus Saprosites Redtenbacher, 1858 (Coleoptera: Aphodiinae) in New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87: 35-50 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype NZAC, Mt Roskill, Auckland, NZ.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cartwright, O.L. 1964. Lectotype designations and new synonymy in the genus Ataenius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 18: 101-104 [103]
• Cartwright, O.L. 1970. Two new synonyms of Ataenius picinus Harold. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72: 226 [226]
• Watt, J.C. 1984. A review of some New Zealand Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). New Zealand Entomologist 8: 4-24 [11]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults attracted to light, cattle dung.

 

General References

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A survey of the Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from small wet forests of coastal New South Wales, Part 4: Lansdowne State Forest. Victorian Naturalist 100: 146-154 (distribution)

 

History of changes

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