Species Onthophagus mjobergi Gillet, 1925

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Species Onthophagus mjobergi Gillet, 1925

Onthophagus mjobergi Gillet, J.J.E. 1925. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 40. Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae et Coprinae. Arkiv för Zoologi 17(7): 1–16 [30 Jan. 1925] [8].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♂, Kimberley District, WA.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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, 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, hummock grassland, nocturnal, open forest, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

General References

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

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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