Species Lepanus villosus Matthews, 1974

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Species Lepanus villosus Matthews, 1974

Lepanus villosus 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 [118].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Palmerston National Park, QLD.
Paratype(s) ANIC 7 specimens; EUQ 6 specimens; SAMA 4 specimens.

Distribution

States

Queensland

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: closed forest, coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

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 [239-246] (redescription and distribution)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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)

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