Species Elephastomus meraldus Carne, 1965

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• Elephastomus meraldus Carne, P.B. 1965. A revision of the genus Elephastomus Macleay (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 4(1): 3–13 [22 Mar. 1965] [8].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Black Mtn, ACT.
  Paratype(s) AM 1 specimen; ANIC 46 specimens; BMNH; NMV; QM T6297; QM T6298; SAMA 4 specimens
  Comment: 20♂ 36♀ paratypes recorded, holdings between institutions not recorded.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean, humus and fungus feeders.

 

General References

Costa, M. & Allsopp, P.G. 1979. Gamasine mites associated with Australian scarabaeid beetles. I. The genus Paradoxiphis Berlese, symbionts of the Bolboceratini. Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 825-865 (mite association)

 

History of changes

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