Species Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, 1893

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Species Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, 1893

Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, L. 1893. Description de quatre espèces nouvelles du genre Rhyparus Westw. Note XVII. Notes from the Leyden Museum 15: 144-146 [145].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH, Sambas, West Kalimantan (as Borneo), Indonesia.
Rhyparus australiae Lea, A.M. 1923. On Australian Aphodiides (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 36: 1-20 [19].
Type data:

Syntype(s) SAMA 17940, Cairns district, QLD; SAMA I4250 3 specimens, Cairns district, QLD.
Rhyparus risbeci Paulian, R. 1934. Deux nouveaux coprophages des Nouvelles Hebrides. Revue Française d'Entomologie 1: 219-221 [220].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀, Vanuatu (as Nouvelles-Hébrides).
Rhyparus orousseti Paulian, R. 1981. Sur quelques coleoptères Scarabaeoidea indo-malais nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 86: 110-112 [111].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, Baguio, Luzon, 1500 m, Philippines.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Stebnicka, Z.T. 1998. The Aphodiinae of New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Solomon Islands (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12(5): 833-895 [Date published 6/Nov/1998] [845]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
Papua New Guinea
Vanuatu

Oriental Region

Indonesia
Philippines

Ecological Descriptors

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

Larva: root-feeder, subterranean.

Extra Ecological Information

Probably in nests of ants or termites, adults attracted to light.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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