Genus Coptodactyla Burmeister, 1846

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• Coptodactyla Burmeister, H.C.C. 1846. Genera Quaedam Insectorum inconibus illustravit et descripsit H. Burmeister. Berlin : Berolini Vol. 1 (10). [27].

  Type species:

   Copris glabricollis Hope, 1842 by monotypy.
• Boucomontia Paulian, R. 1933. Révision des Coptodactylini (Col. Lamellicornia). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 38: 67-74 [67] [first introduced as a subgenus of Coptodactyla Burmeister, 1846].

  Type species (included species):

   Coptodactyla (Boucomontia) depressa Paulian, 1933; Coptodactyla (Boucomontia) nitida Paulian, 1933

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Matthews, E.G. 1976. A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. III. Tribe Coprini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 38: 1-52 [28]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

Distribution References

History of changes

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