Species Tesserodon simplicipunctatum Storey, 1991
- Tesserodon simplicipunctatum Storey, R.I. 1991. New species and new records of Tesserodon Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from northern Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30: 577-588 [585].
Type data:
Holotype QM T.11591 ♀ (seen by Storey, 1991), 10 km E of Heathlands Airstrip, Cape York Peninsula (as CYP), QLD.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: coprophagous, open heath, sandy soil, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: coprophagous.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |