Species Onthophagus declivis Harold, 1869

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Species Onthophagus declivis Harold, 1869

Onthophagus declivis Harold, E. von 1869. Tabula synoptica specierum generis Onthophagus ex Australia. Coleopterologische Hefte 5: 78-87 [85].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP ♂, NSW.
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 [94]; 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)).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

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

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), 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), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, nocturnal, open scrub, 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)

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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