Species Onthophagus latro Harold, 1877

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Species Onthophagus latro Harold, 1877

Onthophagus latro Harold, E. von 1877. Enumération des Lamellicornes Coprophages rapportés de l'Archipel Malais, de la Nouvelle Guinée et de l'Australie boréale par M.M.J. Doria, O. Beccari et L.M. D'Albertis. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 10: 38-110 [74].
Type data:
Holotype Somerset, QLD.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

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

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: fungivore, open woodland, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: fungivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Shaded areas.

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. [318] (new records)

Wallace, M.M.H. 1986. Some macrochelid mites (Acari: Macrochelidae) associated with Australian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acarologia 27: 3-15 (mite symbiont)

Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) collected from lights at Palm Cove and Ellis Beach, North Queensland. Australian Entomological Magazine 4: 4-6 (distribution)

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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