Species Blackburnium kirbyi (Bainbridge, 1842)

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Species Blackburnium kirbyi (Bainbridge, 1842)

Bolboceras kirbyi 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 [79] [original spelling as Bolboceras kirbii but accepted as B. kirbyi based on prevailing usage, see Allsopp (2023)].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM 1038 ♂, Melville Is., NT.
Secondary source:
Allsopp, P.G. 2023. Confusion in the names of some Queensland Scarabaeoidea (coleoptera): original spelling, prevailing usage or homonymy. Australian Entomologist 50(2): 47-62 [51].
Bolboceras reichei Westwood, J.O. 1848. On the Australian species of the coleopterous genus Bolboceras Kirby. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 2: 143-144 [143] [junior homonym of Bolboceras reichei Guérin-Méneville, 1838].
Type data:
Holotype OUM 1038 ♂, Melville Is., NT.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Howden, H.F. 1979. A revision of the Australian genus Blackburnium Boucomont (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 72: 1–88 [33]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, 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

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE 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

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Dec-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	20-Nov-2024	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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