Species Sauvagesinella becki (Paulian, 1934)
- Tesserodon becki Paulian, R. 1934. Essai sur les Canthonides de la Région australienne (Col. Lamellicornia). I. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 39: 275-288 [287].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, King George Sound, WA.
Generic Combinations
- Sauvagesinella becki (Paulian, 1934).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, open forest, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
Extra Ecological Information
At possum dung, in paperbark, Melaleuca sp., swamp.
General References
Gunter, N.L. & Weir, T.A. 2017. Two new genera of Australian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) with the description of six new species and transfer of six described species. Zootaxa 4290(2): 201–243 [236] (redescribed)
Ridsdill Smith, T.J., Weir, T.A. & Peck, S.B. 1983. Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae and Aphodiinae) active in forest habitats in southwestern Australia during winter. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 22: 307-309 (biology)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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02-May-2019 | Scarabaeinae | 19-Oct-2017 | MODIFIED | |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |