Genus Lepanus Balthasar, 1966
Compiler and date details
1 December 2002 - Gerasimos Cassis; updated by Andrew A. Calder, CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, Australia
- Lepanus Balthasar, V. 1966. Neue Gattungen und Arten der Scarabaeoidea der australischen und neotropischen Region (130. Beitrag sur Kenntnis der Scarabaeoidea, Col.). Entomologische Blätter für Biologie und Systematik der Käfer 62: 177-185 [176].
Type species:
Lepanus ovatus Balthasar, 1966 by original designation.
Introduction
Genus reviewed by Gunter & Weir (2019).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Oriental Region.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET) ; NT, Qld, WA: Pilbara (PIL)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, SW coastal
- Papua New Guinea
Distribution References
Diagnosis References
Gunter, N.L. & Weir, T.A. 2019. Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): description of 10 new species from the L. australis, L. monteithi, and L. villosus species groups. Zootaxa 4695(3): 201-252 [203-204] (description and key to species of L. australis species group)
Gunter, N.L. & Weir, T.A. 2019. Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): description of 10 new species from the L. australis, L. monteithi, and L. villosus species groups. Zootaxa 4695(3): 201-252 [222-223] (description and key to species of L. monteithi species group)
Gunter, N.L. & Weir, T.A. 2019. Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): description of 10 new species from the L. australis, L. monteithi, and L. villosus species groups. Zootaxa 4695(3): 201-252 [238-239] (description and key to species of L. villosus species group)
General References
Gunter, N.L. & Weir, T.A. 2019. Revision of Australian species of the dung beetle genus Lepanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae): key to species groups and description of 14 new species from the L. pygmaeus species group. Zootaxa 4564(1): 41–80
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 03-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 02-May-2019 | SCARABAEIDAE | 10-Apr-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jul-2020 | 17-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |