Species Tesserodon pilicrepus Matthews, 1974

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Species Tesserodon pilicrepus Matthews, 1974

Tesserodon pilicrepus Matthews, E.G. 1974. A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. II. Tribe Scarabaeini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 24: 1-211 [84].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I20,676 ♂ (seen by Storey, 1991), Péron Peninsula near Nanga, Taillefer Isthmus, WA.
Paratype(s); SAMA (19 specimens seen); ANIC
Comment: 37 specimens, holdings between institutions not recorded.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Western Australia: NW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coastal, coprophagous, flightless, terrestrial.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

In dry scrub and grassland.

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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