Species Omorgus (Omorgus) strzeleckensis (Blackburn, 1895)

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Regional Maps

• Trox strzeleckensis Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 27-60 [Date published Jul., 1895] [33].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Strzelecki Creek, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Scholtz, C.H. 1986. Revision of the genus Trox Fabricius (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of the Australasian Region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 125: 1-99 [24].

  Type locality references:

  Scholtz, C.H. 1986. Revision of the genus Trox Fabricius (Coleoptera: Trogidae) of the Australasian Region. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 125: 1-99 [24].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
  • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: necrophagous, terrestrial.

Larva: necrophagous.

 

General References

Boulton, A.J. 1992. 'Rollers' and 'carriers': field observations of carrion removal by trogid beetles (Omorgus strzeleckensis) in arid north-eastern South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 116(4): 133-136 (biology)

 

History of changes

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