Species Bolborhachium recticorne (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

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Species Bolborhachium recticorne (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)

Athyreus recticornis Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Insectes du voyage de la Favorite. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 8(Nr 225–238): 1-80 [49].
Type data:
Holotype Swan River, WA.
Bolboceras fissicornis 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 [82].
Type data:
Holotype OUM 1043 ♂, Swan River Settlement, WA.
Bolboceras hastifer 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 [81].
Type data:
Holotype OUM 1041 ♂, Swan River (as S. R.), WA.
Bolboceras septemtuberculatum 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 [81].
Type data:
Holotype OUM 1042 1/2 ♀, Swan River (as S. R.), WA.
Bolboceras excavatum Klug, J. 1843. Die Coleopteran-Gattungen: Athyreus und Bolboceras, dargestellt nach den in der Sammlung der hiesiger Königl. Universität davon vorhandenen Arten. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1843: 21-57 [43].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 25659 ♀, Australia (as N[ew] H[olland]).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Howden, H.F. 1985. A revision of the Australian beetle genera Bolboleaus Howden & Cooper, Blackbolbus Howden & Cooper, and Bolborhachium Boucomont (Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 111: 1-179 [93]

Distribution

States

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

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

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

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

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

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