Species Onthophagus obliquus (Olivier, 1789)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scarabaeus obliquus Olivier, A.G. 1789. Entomologique, ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, avec leurs caractères génériques et spécifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminée. Coléoptères. Paris : Baudonin Vol. 1 497 pp. 63 pls. [165].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Senegal.

  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.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Afrotropical Region, introduced also into Papua New Guinea.

Introduced from Nigeria.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, pastures, mainly cattle dung.

 

General References

Halffter, G. & Edmonds, W.D. 1982. The Nesting Behaviour of Dung Beetles (Scarabaeinae). An Ecological and Evolutive Approach. Mexico : Instituto de Ecología 176 pp. (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)