Species Euoniticellus pallipes (Fabricius, 1781)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scarabaeus pallipes Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [33].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Coromandel coast, India (as Coromandel).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic and Oriental Regions.

Introduced from Iran and Turkey.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, pastures, mainly cattle dung.

 

General References

Balthasar, V. 1963. Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Band 2. Coprinae (Onitini, Oniticellini, Onthophagini). Prague : Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Vol. 2 627 pp. 16 pls. [74] (extralimital synomymy)

Janssens, A. 1953. Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba. Mission G.F. de Witte en collaboration avec W. Adams, A. Janssens, L. van Meel et R. Verheyen (1946–1949). Oniticellini (Coleoptera Lamellicornia). Brussels : Institut des Parcs Nationaux du Congo Belge. Fasc. Vol. 11 118 pp. (taxonomy)

 

History of changes

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