Species Aulacopris matthewsi Storey, 1986
- Aulacopris matthewsi Storey, R.I. 1986. A new flightless species of Aulacopris White from North Queensland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 22: 197-203 [197].
Type data:
Holotype QM T87209 ♂, 3.5 km W of Cape Tribulation, QLD.
Paratype(s) ANIC 2 specimens; BMNH; QDPI; QM 22 specimens (one with registration number T8721 seen); SAMA (2 specimens seen)
Comment: 43 specimens, holdings between institutions not recorded.
Distribution
States
Queensland
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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: closed forest, coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
General References
Storey, R.I. 1986. A new flightless species of Aulacopris White from North Queensland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 22: 197-203 (biology)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |