Species Onthophagus glabratus Hope, 1842
- Onthophagus glabratus Hope, F.W. 1842. Observations on the Coleoptera of Port Essington, in Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1 9: 423-430 [Date published 1 Jul. 1842] [424].
Type data:
Lectotype OUM 464 1/3 ♀, Port Essington, NT.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 [38]. - Onthophagus chillagoensis Paulian, R. 1937. Sur quelques nouveaux Onthophagides africains et australiens (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia). Arbeiten über Morphologische und Taxonomische Entomologie aus Berlin-Dahlem 4: 336-346 [344].
Type data:
Holotype DEIB ♀, Chillagoe, QLD.
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 [38]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
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), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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 Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, nocturnal, open forest, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
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 records)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |