Species Saprosites mesosternalis Lea, 1923
- Saprosites mesosternalis Lea, A.M. 1923. On Australian Aphodiides (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 36: 1-20 [13].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♂, Lord Howe Is.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 7 specimens, Lord Howe Is.Subsequent designation references:
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 [143].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Reared from Kentia stems (Palmaceae).
General References
Lea, A.M. 1923. On Australian Aphodiides (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 36: 1-20 (biology)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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