Species Canthonosoma mastersii Macleay, 1871

Museums

Regional Maps

• Canthonosoma mastersii Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [176] [Canthonosoma mastersi is an unjustified emendation, see Allsopp (2023)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM K28131 ♂, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM K28131 3 specimens; ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Matthews, E.G. 1974. A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. II. Tribe Scarabaeini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 24: 1-211 [43].

  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 [52].
• Homodesmius planus Sharp, D. 1875. Description de Coléoptères (Lamellicornes) nouveaux de l'Australie. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 3 3: 37-50 [37].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Eclipse Is., QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Matthews, E.G. 1974. A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. II. Tribe Scarabaeini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 24: 1-211 [42]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, flightless, terrestrial.

Larva: coprophagous.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	Scarabaeinae	20-Nov-2024	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)