Species Onthophagus quadripustulatus (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scarabaeus quadripustulatus Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia (as nova Hollandia).
• Scarabaeus bipustulatus Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [30].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia (as nova Hollandia).
• Onthophagus minusculus Macleay, W.J. 1888. The insects of King's Sound and its vicinity. Part II. The Lamellicornes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 897-924 [903].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀, King Sound, WA.

 

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 [221]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Melanesia: Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

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

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Pastures.

 

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)