Species Blackburnium harslettae Howden, 1979
- Blackburnium harslettae Howden, H.F. 1979. A revision of the Australian genus Blackburnium Boucomont (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 72: 1–88 [56].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Windorah, QLD.
Paratype(s) WAM ♀; ♂; SAMA ♂.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin
- Western Australia: N coastal, W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae and adults subterranean, humus and fungus feeders.
General References
Howden, H.F. 1984. The Australian Blackburnium harslettae-triceratops complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 38: 190-191 (description of major male; confirmation of species)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |