Species Temnorrhynchus retusus (Fabricius, 1781)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scarabaeus retusus Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [14].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Cape of Good Hope (as promontorium bon. sp.), South Africa.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Albany, Batemans Bay, Narrabeen.

Introduced from Afrotopical Region (southern Africa).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder.

 

General References

Allsopp, P.G. 1987. An additional exotic dynastine Temnorrhynchus retusus (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26(2): 189-191 (distribution, taxonomy)

Krell, F.-T. & Hangay, G. 1998. The African rhinoceros beetle Temnorhynchus retusus (Fabricius) established in eastern Australia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 37(4): 312-314 [Date published 18/Nov/1998] (distribution, biology)

 

History of changes

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