Species Onthophagus blackwoodensis Blackburn, 1892

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• Onthophagus blackwoodensis 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 [208].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, near Blackwood, SA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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 [303]; Cassis, G. & Weir, T.A. 1992. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
• Onthophagus pontilis 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 [291].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Murray Bridge, SA.

 

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 [302]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: open scrub, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Xerophilic.

 

History of changes

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