Species Blackbolbus hoplocephalus (Lea, 1916)

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• Bolboceras hoplocephalum Lea, A.M. 1916. Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 272-436 [Date published Dec. 23, 1916] [283].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I221 ♂, Beverley, WA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 6 specimens (one with registration no. 17917)
  Comment: only 3 "cotypes" reported by Howden, H.F. 1985. A revision of the Australian beetle genera Bolboleaus Howden & Cooper, Blackbolbus Howden & Cooper, and Bolborhachium Boucomont (Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae). Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 111: 1–179 (36).

  Type locality references:

  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.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: subterranean.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)