Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Onthophagus pentacanthus Harold, 1867

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Species Onthophagus pentacanthus Harold, 1867

Fivehorned Dung Beetle

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria


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

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
    • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, nocturnal, open scrub, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Larva: coprophagous.

 

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)