Species Australobolbus obscurius (Blackburn, 1904)

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Species Australobolbus obscurius (Blackburn, 1904)

Bolboceras obscurius Blackburn, T. 1904. A revision of the Australian species of Bolboceras, with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera, Fam. Scarabaeidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 481-526 [522].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, N QLD.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western 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

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, subterranean, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: subterranean.

Extra Ecological Information

Humus and fungus feeders.

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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