Species Cephalodesmius quadridens Macleay, 1871

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• Cephalodesmius quadridens 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].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM K28135 ♀, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM ♂.

  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 [34]; Cassis, G. & Weir, T.A. 1992. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

 

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, tall open forest, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae feed on brood pellets made from fallen leaves and flowers, adult flightless.

 

General References

Monteith, G.B. & Storey, R.I. 1981. The biology of Cephalodesmius, a genus of dung beetles which synthesizes "dung" from plant material (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 253-277 (biology)

 

History of changes

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