Species Elephastomus howdeni Nikolajev, 1990

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Species Elephastomus howdeni Nikolajev, 1990

Elephastomus howdeni Nikolajev, G.V. 1990. New species of the genus Elephastomus Macleay (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Geotrupinae) from Australia. Vestnik Zoologii 1989(6): 67-69 [in Russian] [67].
Type data:
Holotype ZIL ♂, Australia (as Van Diemen), type locality may be incorrectly recorded as the species is otherwise known only from QLD.
Paratype(s) ZIL 5♂ 1♀.

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: burrower, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean.

General References

Mignani, R. 1991. New records of two bolboceratine scarabs of the Australian genus Elephastomus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera Geotrupidae Bolboceratinae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 123(1): 43-44 (new records, as Elephastomus howdeni Nikolajev, 1989; erroneously states "typical series comprises 12 and 2")

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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