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Species Onthophagus posticus Erichson, 1842

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Introduced accidentally into New Zealand.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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.

 

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)
02-May-2019 Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 07-Nov-2013 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
12-Feb-2010 (import)