Species Blackburnium cornutum (Macleay, 1888)
- Bolboceras cornutum Macleay, W.J. 1888. The insects of King's Sound and its vicinity. Part II. The Lamellicornes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 897-924 [906].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, King Sound, WA.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ ♀.Subsequent designation references:
Howden, H.F. 1979. A revision of the Australian genus Blackburnium Boucomont (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 72: 1–88 [16].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
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) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |