Species Onthophagus squalidus Lea, 1923

Museums

Regional Maps

• Onthophagus squalidus Lea, A.M. 1923. Australian dung beetles of the Sub-family Coprides. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 353-396 [390].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM C2706 ♀, Lamington National Park, QLD.
  Paratype(s) QM C2706 ♀.

  Secondary source:

   Reid, C.A.M. & Runagall-McNaull, A. 2022. A revision of the Onthophagus pexatus species-group, with description of a new brachypterous species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Records of the Australian Museum 74(5): 131-150 (redescription).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Southeast QLD along Great Dividing Range to central southern VIC

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Flinders (FLI), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, terrestrial, volant, woodland.

Larva: coprophagous.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Mar-2024	Scarabaeinae	06-Feb-2024	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)