Species Coptodactyla depressa Paulian, 1933

Museums

Regional Maps

• Coptodactyla depressa Paulian, R. 1933. Révision des Coptodactylini (Col. Lamellicornia). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 38: 67-74 [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Australia.
• Coptodactyla (Boucomontia) imitatrix Balthasar, V. 1965. Eine Neue Untergattung und Neue Arten der Familie Scarabaeidae (Col.). (121. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Scarabaeoidea). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 62: 14-23 [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀, Herberton, QLD.

 

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 [35]

 

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: closed forest, coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

 

General References

Wallace, M.M.H. 1986. Some macrochelid mites (Acari: Macrochelidae) associated with Australian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acarologia 27: 3-15 (mite symbiont)

 

History of changes

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