Subspecies Elephastomus proboscideus kirbyanus Carne, 1965

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• Elephastomus proboscideus kirbyanus 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] [11] [nom. nov. for Bolboceras kirbyi Westwood, 1848].
• Bolboceras (Elephastomus) kirbyi Westwood, J.O. 1848. On the Australian species of the coleopterous genus Bolboceras Kirby. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 2: 143-144 [143] [as Bolboceras kirbii, incorrect original spelling; junior homonym of Bolboceras kirbyi Bainbridge, 1842].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♂, TAS.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean, humus and fungus feeders.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		26-Aug-2010	MODIFIED