Species Blackburnium triceratops Howden, 1979

Museums

Regional Maps

• Blackburnium triceratops Howden, H.F. 1979. A revision of the Australian genus Blackburnium Boucomont (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 72: 1–88 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Anna Plains, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 10 specimens; EUQ 1 specimen; SAMA 1 specimen; WADA; WAM
  Comment: 16♂ 13♀ paratypes recorded, holdings between institutions not recorded.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 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

Howden, H.F. 1984. The Australian Blackburnium harslettae-triceratops complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 38: 190-191 (confirmation of species)

 

History of changes

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