Species Onthophagus froggattellus Monteith & Rossini, 2017
- Onthophagus froggattellus Monteith, G.B. & Rossini, M. 2017. A new name for the Australian dung beetle Onthophagus bicornis Macleay, 1888 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with notes on type locality, distribution and biology. Australian Entomologist 44(3): 161-171 [164] [replacement name].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 25-024046 ♂, ♀, Barrior Range (=Windjana Gorge), Western Australia. - Onthophagus bicornis Macleay, W.J. 1888. The insects of King's Sound and its vicinity. Part II. The Lamellicornes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 897-924 [901] [homonym: non O. bicornis Laporte (= Castelnau), 1840].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, King Sound, WA.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♀
Comment: incorrectly listed as 1 ♂ and 1♀ paralectotypes. Corrected as per Monteith & Rossini 2017.Subsequent designation references:
Matthews, E.G. 1972. A revision of the Scarabaeine dung beetles of Australia. I. Tribe Onthophagini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 9: 1-330 [123]; Cassis, G. & Weir, T.A. 1992. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2018 | Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 | 15-Jun-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |