Species Onthophagus blackburni Shipp, 1895

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• Onthophagus blackburni Shipp, J.W. 1895. Notes on Onthophagus, Latr., with corrections of nomenclature, and a description of a new genus. The Entomologist 28: 171-179 [179] [nom. nov. for Onthophagus nitidor Blackburn, 1892].
• Onthophagus nitidor Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [209] [junior homonym of Onthophagus nitidor Bates, 1891].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, SA.
• Onthophagus zietzi Blackburn, T. 1903. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXIII. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 27(2): 261-309 [283].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I3756 ♂, Lake Callabonna, SA.
• Onthophagus horianus Paulian, R. 1937. Sur quelques nouveaux Onthophagides africains et australiens (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia). Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 336-346 [342].

  Type data:

   Holotype DEIB ♂, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Matthews, E.G. 1972. A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. I. Tribe Onthophagini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 9: 1-330 [223]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • South Australia
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, necrophagous, open scrub, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Xerophilic.

 

General References

Fuller, M.E. 1934. The insect inhabitants of carrion: a study in animal ecology. Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Australia 82: 1-62 (biology)

 

History of changes

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