Species Blackbolbus frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

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Species Blackbolbus frontalis (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Bolboceras frontalis Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Insectes du voyage de la Favorite. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 8(Nr 225–238): 1-80 [51].
Type data:
Status unknown, Swan River, WA.
Bolboceras latus Bainbridge, W. 1842. On several species of Bolboceras, Kirby, from New Holland, in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3: 79-83 [80].
Type data:
Holotype OUM 1039 ♀, Swan River, WA (as New Settlement of Swan River, Australia).
Bolboceras serricollis Bainbridge, W. 1842. On several species of Bolboceras, Kirby, from New Holland, in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3: 79-83 [81].
Type data:
Holotype OUM 1040 ♂, Swan River, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Howden, H.F. 1985. A revision of the Australian beetle genera Bolboleaus Howden & Cooper, Blackbolbus Howden & Cooper, and Bolborhachium Boucomont (Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 111: 1-179 [61]

Distribution

States

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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: subterranean.

General References

Costa, M. & Allsopp, P.G. 1979. Gamasine mites associated with Australian scarabaeid beetles. I. The genus Paradoxiphis Berlese, symbionts of the Bolboceratini. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 825-865 (mite association)

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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