Species Elephastomus terraereginae (Blackburn, 1899)

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• Bolboceras terraereginae Blackburn, T. 1899. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23: 22-101 [Date published VIII-1899] [25].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Brisbane, QLD.

 

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), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: burrower, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean, humus and fungus feeders.

 

General References

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] (as Elephastomus terrareginae, incorrect subsequent spelling)

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)