Species Omorgus (Omorgus) rotundulus (Haaf, 1957)

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Species Omorgus (Omorgus) rotundulus (Haaf, 1957)

Trox rotundulus Haaf, E. 1957. On new Australian species of Trox (Col.). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 21: 117-120 [117].
Type data:
Holotype NMV ♂, NT (as Central Australia).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

IBRA

NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: W plateau
- Western Australia: NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: necrophagous, terrestrial.

Larva: necrophagous.

General References

Houston, T.F., Zhang, J. & Hanich, B.P. 2010. Diet of the flightless trogid beetle Omorgus rotundulus (Haaf) (Coleoptera: Trogidae) in the Little Sandy Desert of Western Australia. Australian Entomologist 36(4): 207-212

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)
		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED

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