Species Onthophagus ferox Harold, 1867
Western Dung Beetle
- Onthophagus ferox Harold, E. von 1867. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Gattung Onthophagus. Coleopterologische Hefte 2: 23-59 [26].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP ♂, Swan River, WA.
Paralectotype(s) MNHP 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 [57].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, open forest, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
General References
Ridsdill Smith, T.J. 1981. Some effects of three species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in south-western Australia on the survival of the bush fly, Musca vetustissima Walker (Diptera: Muscidae), in dung pads. Bulletin of Entomological Research 71: 425-433 (biology)
Ridsdill Smith, T.J., Weir, T.A. & Peck, S.B. 1983. Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) active in forest habitats in southwestern Australia during winter. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 307-309 (biology)
Wallace, M.M.H. 1986. Some macrochelid mites (Acari: Macrochelidae) associated with Australian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acarologia 27: 3-15 (mite symbiont)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |