Species Lepanus australis Matthews, 1974

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• Lepanus australis Matthews, E.G. 1974. A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. II. Tribe Scarabaeini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 24: 1-211 [109].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, 8 km N of Batemans Bay, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 11 specimens; SAMA 9 specimens.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, open forest, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

On mountain slopes.

 

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 [204-210] (redescription and distribution)

 

General References

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1982. A survey of the Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from small wet forests of coastal New South Wales. Part 1: Nowra to Newcastle. Australian Entomological Magazine 9: 42-48 (distribution)

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A survey of the Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from small wet forests of coastal New South Wales, Part 3: Buladelah to Taree. Victorian Naturalist 100: 98-105 (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	03-Apr-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
01-Jul-2020		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)