Species Geotrupes spiniger Marsham, 1802

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Species Geotrupes spiniger Marsham, 1802

Geotrupes spiniger Marsham, T. 1802. Entomologia Britannica, sistens insecta Britanniae indigena, secundum methodum Linnaeanam disposita. Tom. I. Coleoptera. London : Wilks et Taylor xxxi 548 pp. [21].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Suffolk, England (as Captus apud Barham, Suffolciâ).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic Region.

Introduced from France.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

IBRA

ACT, NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: coprophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

Open areas, pastures, mainly cattle dung.

General References

Halffter, G. & Matthews, E.G. 1966. The natural history of dung beetles of the subfamily Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 12–14: 1-312 (biology)

Klemperer, H.G. 1979. An analysis of the nesting behaviour of Geotrupes spiniger Marsham (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Ecological Entomology 4: 133-150 (biology)

Klemperer, H.G. 1980. Kleptoparasitic behaviour of Aphodius rufipes (L.) larvae in nests of Geotrupes spiniger Marsh. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Ecological Entomology 5: 143-151 (biology)

Klemperer, H.G. 1981. Nest construction and larval behaviour of Bubas bison (L.) and Bubas bubulas (Ol.) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Ecological Entomology 6: 23-33 (biology)

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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