Species Demarziella imitatrix Balthasar, 1967

Museums

Regional Maps

• Demarziella imitatrix Balthasar, V. 1967. Neue Arten der Familie Aphodiidae (Col.). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 64: 122-139 [133].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀, QLD.
• Demarziella costata Petrovitz, R. 1975. Neue Aphodiinae aus dem Manchester-Museum (Scarabaeidae, Coleoptera). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 71: 113-121 [118].

  Type data:

   Holotype GMNH, Duaringa (as Duringo), QLD.
• Notopedaria tuberculata 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 [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Mutarnee, 13 km N of Rollingstone, QLD.
  Paratype(s) EUQ 3 specimens (2 seen); 4 specimens; SAMA; ANIC
  Comment: 62 specimens, holdings between institutions not recorded.

 

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 [455]

 

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: coprophagous, open forest, terrestrial, volant.

 

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)