Species Platytomus tibialis (Fabricius, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aphodius tibialis Fabricius, J.C. 1798. Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae : Proft et Storch ii 573 pp. [24].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC, Tangier, Morocco.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Landin, B.-O. 1956. The Fabrician species of Aphodiini and Aegialiini (Col. Lamellicornia). Opuscula Entomologica. Lund 21: 203-228 [220].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Accidental introduction.

Introduced from unknown country.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: root-feeder, subterranean, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: root-feeder, subterranean.

 

General References

Rakovic, M. 1981. Revision of species of the tribe Psammodiini from the Australian Region (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae) I. Key to genera and revision of the genera Aphodopsammobius Endrödi, Psammodius Fallen, Diastictus Mulsant, Phycocus Broun and Tesarius g.n. Annotationes Zoologicae et Botanicae, Bratislava 1981(139): 1-37 [26] (extralimital synonymy)

 

History of changes

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