Species Blackburnium centrale Howden, 1979

Museums

Regional Maps

• Blackburnium centrale Howden, H.F. 1979. A revision of the Australian genus Blackburnium Boucomont (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 72: 1–88 [46].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Petermann Ranges via Docker River Reserve, NT.
  Paratype(s) AM 2 specimens; ANIC 3 specimens; BMNH; NMV; SAMA 5 specimens
  Comment: 8♂ 8♀ paratypes recorded, holdings between institutions not recorded.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal, W plateau
  • South Australia: W plateau
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean, humus and fungus feeders.

 

History of changes

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