Species Onitis tortuosus Houston, 1983

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Species Onitis tortuosus Houston, 1983

Onitis tortuosus Houston, W.W.K. 1983. Identification of the dung beetles Onitis crenatus Reiche (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Ethiopia and O. crenatus sensu Boheman from southern Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 46: 249-256 [252].
Type data:
Holotype NCIP ♂, 16 km S of Ermelo, Transvaal, South Africa.
Paratype(s) ANIC 19♂ 15♀.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical Region.

Introduced from South Africa.

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

NSW: 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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, crepuscular, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, pastures, mainly cattle dung.

General References

Houston, W.W.K. 1986. Exocrine glands in the forelegs of dung beetles in the genus Onitis F. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 161-169 (morphology)

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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