Species Onthophagus dandalu Matthews, 1972
- Onthophagus dandalu 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 [166].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Moonbi, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC 87 specimens; CNC; EUQ; MCZ; NMV; SAMA; AM
Comment: 168 specimens, holdings between institutions not recorded.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, open woodland, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
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)
Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A survey of the Aphodiinae, Hybosorinae and Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from small wet forests of coastal New South Wales, Part 3: Buladelah to Taree. Victorian Naturalist 100: 98-105 (distribution)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |