Species Onthophagus fabricii Waterhouse, 1894

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• Onthophagus fabricii Waterhouse, C.O. 1894. Scarabaeidae in the British Museum. A sixth contribution. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 14: 9-12 [10] [replacement name for Onthophagus humeralis Macleay, 1888].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Bowen (as Port Bowen), QLD.
• Onthophagus humeralis Macleay, W.J. 1888. The insects of King's Sound and its vicinity. Part II. The Lamellicornes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 897-924 [903] [junior homonym of Onthophagus humeralis Raffray, 1871].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, King Sound, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens.

  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 [218]; 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 humator 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] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Onthophagus humeralis Macleay, 1888].
• Onthophagus strabonis Lea, A.M. 1923. Australian dung beetles of the Sub-family Coprides. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 353-396 [391].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I15407 ♂, Groote Eylandt, NT.

 

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 [217]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, diurnal, open forest, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

 

History of changes

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