Species Onthophagus posticus Erichson, 1842

Museums

Regional Maps

• Onthophagus posticus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [154].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 27125 ♂, TAS (as Vandiemensland).
• Onthophagus flavolineatus Blanchard, C.E. 1846. Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi Pendant les Années 1837–1840. Atlas Zoologique. Paris : Gide & Co. Vol. Insects pls 1-25. [pl. 7, fig. 7] [first introduced as a figure; subsequently described by Allsopp, P.G. 1988. Wambo puticasus gen. et sp. nov., a new ruteline from south Queensland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 255–258 (97)].

  Type data:

   Holotype TAS (as Tasmanie).

  Type locality references:

  Blanchard, C.E. 1853. Description des Insectes. pp. 1-422 in Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. (eds). Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837–1840. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 4. [98].

  Secondary source:

   Allsopp, P.G. 1988. Wambo puticasus gen. et sp. nov., a new ruteline from south Queensland (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 255-258.
• Onthophagus leechi Frey, G. 1959. Zwei neue Onthophagus-Arten aus dem pazifischen Raum (Col. Copr.). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 10: 622-624 [622].

  Type data:

   Holotype CAS, Auckland, New Zealand.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Matthews, E.G. 1972. A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. I. Tribe Onthophagini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 9: 1-330 [246]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced accidentally into New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, at wombat dung.

 

General References

Emberson, R.M. & Matthews, E.G. 1973. Introduced Scarabaeinae (=Coprinae) (Coleoptera) in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 5: 346-350 (distribution)

Monteith, G.B. & Storey, R.I. 2013. A review of the Onthophagus posticus-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of Australian dung beetles with five new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum - Nature 58: 55-72 [67] (outline distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-May-2019	Onthophagus Latreille, 1802	07-Nov-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)