Species Ataenius semicornutus (Macleay, 1871)

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Species Ataenius semicornutus (Macleay, 1871)

Ammoecius semicornutus 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 K29076 ♂, Gayndah, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) AM 3 specimens, Gayndah, QLD; ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Gayndah, 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 [783].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia

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, NT, Qld, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), 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), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

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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