Species Demarziella geminata (Macleay, 1871)

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Species Demarziella geminata (Macleay, 1871)

Aphodius geminatus Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [183].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, Gayndah, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS).
Subsequent designation references:
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 [17].
Demarziella proxima Petrovitz, R. 1963. Neue und verkannte Aphodiinae aus allen Erdteilen (Col. Scarab.). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 14: 630-647 [647].
Type data:
Holotype MGF, Cairns, QLD.
Demarziella umbilicata Petrovitz, R. 1975. Neue Aphodiinae aus dem Manchester-Museum (Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 71: 113-121 [119].
Type data:
Holotype MGF, Duaringa (as Duringo), QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Matthews, E.G. & Stebnicka, Z. 1986. A review of Demarziella Balthasar, with a transfer from Aphodiinae to Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 449-461 [459]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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, open forest, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Possible kleptoparasite of dung balls of other scarabaeine species.

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)

Halffter, G. & Matthews, E.G. 1966. The natural history of dung beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 12–14: 1-312 (biology)

Lea, A.M. 1923. Australian dung beetles of the Sub-family Coprides. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 353-396 (biology)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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