Species Onthophagus queenslandicus Blackburn, 1903
- Onthophagus queenslandicus Blackburn, T. 1903. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXIII. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 27(2): 261-309 [287].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, N QLD. - Onthophagus fitzroyensis Blackburn, T. 1903. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXIII. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 27(2): 261-309 [288].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I3745 ♂, junction of Fitzroy and Margaret Rivers, WA (as NW Australia).
Paratype(s) SAMA 20684.
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 [105]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
Extra Ecological Information
Open areas.
General References
Wallace, M.M.H. 1986. Some macrochelid mites (Acari: Macrochelidae) associated with Australian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Acarologia 27: 3-15 (mite symbiont)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |