Species Australaphodius frenchi (Blackburn, 1892)
Little Pasture Cockchafer
- Aphodius frenchi Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(1): 20-73 [Date published July 1892] [35] [replacement name for Aphodius ambiguus Boheman, 1858].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♂, Port Lincoln, SA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 9 specimens, Port Lincoln, SA.Subsequent designation references:
Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1995. Revision of Australian genera in the tribes Aphodiini, Aegialiini and Proctophanini (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 9: 709–766 [763]. - Aphodius (Australaphodius) melbournicus Balthasar, V. 1942. Neue Arten und Gattungen der coprophagen Scarabaeiden. 75. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scarabaeiden (Col.). Sborník Entomologického Oddeleni Národního Musea v Praze 20: 188-206 [203].
Type data:
Holotype NMPC, SA (as Süd Australien).
Paratype(s) NMPC, SA (as Süd Australien). - Aphodius ambiguus Boheman, C.H. 1858. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden unter Befäll af C.A. Virgin 1851–53. Vetenskapliga Jakttagelser etc. (Coleoptera). Stockholm : Norstedt Vol. 1 112 pp. [51] [junior primary homonym of Aphodius ambiguus Mulsant, 1842].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM, Cape of Good Hope (as Promontorium Bonae Spei), South Africa.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bordat, P. 1990. Aphodiinae nouveaux ou peu connus d'Afrique du Sud (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) (3e note). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 7: 307-316 [314]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Introduced from South Africa.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
- New Zealand
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
General References
Ridsdill Smith, T.J., Weir, T.A. & Peck, S.B. 1983. Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) active in forest habitats in southwestern Australia during winter. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 307-309 (biology)
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
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |