Species Leiopsammodius rufus (Rakovic, 1981)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Psammodius (Leiopsammodius) rufus Rakovic, M. 1981. Revision of species of the tribe Psammodiini from the Australian Region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae) I. Key to genera and revision of the genera Aphodopsammobius Endrödi, Psammodius Fallen, Diastictus Mulsant, Phycocus Broun and Tesarius g.n. Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, Bratislava 1981(139): 1-37 [17].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Bandi, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 5 specimens; GMNH 1 specimen; MCZ 1 specimen; SAMA 1 specimen; 1 specimen.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: root-feeder, subterranean, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: root-feeder, subterranean.

 

History of changes

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