Species Blackburnium neocavicolle Howden, 1979

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• Blackburnium neocavicolle Howden, H.F. 1979. A revision of the Australian genus Blackburnium Boucomont (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 72: 1–88 [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Marloo Station, Wurarga, WA.
  Paratype(s) AM 12 specimens; ANIC 28 specimens; SAMA 39 specimens; BMNH; EUQ 2 specimens; NMV; RMNH; USNM; WAM
  Comment: 50♂ 69♀ paratypes recorded, holdings between institutions not recorded.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, 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.

 

General References

Costa, M. & Allsopp, P.G. 1979. Gamasine mites associated with Australian scarabaeid beetles. I. The genus Paradoxiphis Berlese, symbionts of the Bolboceratini. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 825-865 (mite association)

 

History of changes

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