Species Onthophagus nigriventris d'Orbigny, 1902

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• Onthophagus blanchardi nigriventris d'Orbigny, H. 1902. Mémoire sur les Onthophagides d'Afrique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 71: 1-324 [279].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Kenya (as escarpment, Sud de l'Afrique orientale anglaise).

  Secondary source:

   Ferreira, M.C. 1969. Os Escarabídeos de África (Sul do Sáara). I. Revue d'Entomologie de Moçambique 11: 1-1088 pls 1-288, Annexo 1-44 [695].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical Region.

Introduced from Kenya.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Norfolk Island
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous, subterranean.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, pastures, mainly cattle dung.

 

General References

Bornemissza, G.F. 1976. The Australian dung beetle project 1965–1975. Australian Meat Research Committee Review 1976: 1-30 (biological control)

Ferreira, M.C. 1969. Os Escarabídeos de África (Sul do Sáara). I. Revue d'Entomologie de Moçambique 11: 1-1088 pls 1-288, Annexo 1-44 [696] (extralimital synonymy)

 

History of changes

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		18-Feb-2013	MODIFIED