Species Copris fallaciosus Gillet, 1907

Museums

Regional Maps

• Copris fallaciosus Gillet, J.J.E. 1907. Contribution a l'étude des coprophages de la faune Africaine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 51: 177–184 [3 Jul. 1907] [180] [nom. nov. for Copris integer Harold, 1869].
• Copris integer Harold, E. von 1869. Über Coprophage Lamellicornien mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Pariser Sammlungen. Coleopterologische Hefte 5: 46-70 [61] [junior homonym of Copris integer Reiche, 1850].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB, Abyssinia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ferreira, M.C. 1969. Os Escarabídeos de África (Sul do Sáara). I. Revue d'Entomologie de Moçambique 11: 1-1088 pls 1-288, Annexo 1-44 [179]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical Region, widespread in eastern and southern Africa.

Introduced from Kenya.

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, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, pastures, mainly cattle dung.

 

General References

Halffter, G. & Edmonds, W.D. 1982. The Nesting Behaviour of Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae). An Ecological and Evolutive Approach. Mexico : Instituto de Ecología 176 pp. (biology)

 

History of changes

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