Species Copris hispanus Linnaeus, 1764

Museums

Regional Maps

• Copris hispanus Linnaeus, C. 1764. Museum S.R.M. Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae Svecorum, Gothorum, Vandalorumque. Holmiae : L. Salvius viii, 1-720 pp. [12].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZIUU, locality unknown.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic Region.

Introduced from Morocco, Spain, and Italy.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, pastures, mainly cattle dung.

 

General References

Balthasar, V. 1963. Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Band 1. Allgemeiner Teil. Systematischer Teil: 1. Scarabaeinae. 2. Coprinae (Pinotini, Coprini). Prague : Czechsolovak Academy of Sciences Vol. 1 391 pp. 24 pls. [336] (extralimital synonymy)

Bornemissza, G.F. 1976. The Australian dung beetle project 1965–1975. Australian Meat Research Committee Review 1976: 1-30 (biological control)

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)