Species Parataenius simulator (Harold, 1868)

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• Ataenius simulator Harold, E. von 1868. Diagnosen neuer Coprophagen. Coleopterologische Hefte 3: 79-86 [85].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, Mendoza, Argentina.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cartwright, O.L. 1973. Additional lectotype designations in the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 27: 41-43 [41].
• Parataenius granuliceps Petrovitz, R. 1971. Neue Aphodiidae der äthiopischen und australischen Region (Col.). Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 22: 99-104 [102].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG ♀, Sydney (as Sidney), NSW.
• Psammodius schwarzi Linell, M.L. 1896. New species of North American Coleoptera of the family Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18: 721-731 [721].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM, Jacksonville, Florida, USA.
• Ataenius (Brancoataenius) lusitanicus Paulian, R. 1979. Un nouvel Aphodiidae du Portugal (Col.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 84: 66-67 [66].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Fos de Neiva, Minho, Portugal.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1996. Australian genera and species in the tribes Odontolochini, Psammodiini, Rhyparini, Stereomerini and part of the Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10(1): 97-170 [140]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from unknown country.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
• New Zealand

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: litter, terrestrial, volant.

 

General References

Cartwright, O.L. 1964. Lectotype designations and new synonymy in the genus Ataenius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 18: 101-104 [103] (extralimital synonymy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)