Species Cavonus sculpturatus Blackburn, 1888

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cavonus sculpturatus Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [223].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1419 ♂, Ooldea (as Ouldea), SA.

  Secondary source:

   Hutchinson, P.M. & Allsopp, P.G. 2020. Cavonus Sharp, 1875 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini: Pseudoryctina) in Western Australia with description of a new species and the female of Cavonus sculpturatus Blackburn, 1888. Zootaxa 4852(4): 449-460 [450].

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

W plateau, SA, WA.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Nullarbor (NUL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Dec-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	14-Dec-2020	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	01-May-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)