Species Onthophagus fissiceps Macleay, 1888
- Onthophagus fissiceps 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 [899].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, King Sound, WA.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 3♂.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 [77]; 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 integriceps 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 [900].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, King Sound, WA. - Onthophagus semirugosus Gillet, J.J.E. 1927. Descriptions de Lamellicornes Coprophages nouveaux. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 67: 251-261 [259].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Victoria River, NT.Type locality 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 [77] (Gillet gives the original type location as "Victoria"; Matthews tentatively considers this as Victoria River, NT, because of the unlikely distribution disjunction caused by regarding this as the state of Victoria). - Onthophagus darwini Paulian, R. 1937. Sur quelques nouveaux Onthophagides africains et australiens (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia). Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 336-346 [345].
Type data:
Holotype DEIB ♂, Darwin, 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 [76]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, open forest, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
Extra Ecological Information
At wallaby dung.
General References
Barbero, E. & Palestrini, V. 2003. Coleoptera Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae and Dynastinae) collected in Australia. pp. 303-328 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. I. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 35, 565 pp. [317] (new record)
Storey, R.I. & Weir, T.A. 1988. New localities and biological notes for the genus Onthophagus Latreille (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 15: 17-24 (distribution)
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) |