Species Onthophagus ocelliger Harold, 1877

Museums

Regional Maps

• Onthophagus ocelliger 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 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀, Somerset, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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), 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 coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, diurnal, necrophagous, open forest, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

 

General References

Balthasar, V. 1969. Neue Onthophagus-Arten von Neu-Guinea und den benachbarten Inseln. (125. Beiträg zur Kenntnis der Scarabaeoidea, Col.). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 38: 361-408 (extralimital distribution)

 

History of changes

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