Species Onthophagus conspicuus Macleay, 1864
- Onthophagus conspicuus Macleay, W.J. 1864. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera from Port Denison. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 106-130, pl. IX [121].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, Bowen (as Port Denison), QLD.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2♂ ♀.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 [82]; 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 bovilli 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 [278].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I3740 ♀, NT.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lea, A.M. 1923. Australian dung beetles of the Sub-family Coprides. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 353-396 [369]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, open woodland, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
Extra Ecological Information
Open pastures.
General References
Costa, M. & Allsopp, P.G. 1981. Gamasine mites associated with Australian scarabaeid beetles. II. The genus Cosmetolaelaps Womersley, symbionts of Onthophagus Latreille. Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 269-287 (mite symbiont)
History of changes
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |