A new name for the Australian dung beetle Onthophagus bicornis Macleay, 1888 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with notes on type locality, distribution & biology

Publication Year

2017

Publication Site

Australian Entomologist

Journal Volume

44

Page Numbers

161–171

Family

Scarabaeidae

Species 1 Genus

Onthophagus

Species 1 Binomial

Onthophagus bicornis

General topic

Taxonomy

Biodiversity/Biogeography

Author

Monteith, G B; Rossini, Michele

Abstract Note

A new name, Onthophagus froggattellus Monteith & Rossini, nom. nov. is proposed for the preoccupied Onthophagus bicomis Macleay, 1888 and its type specimens and type locality near King Sound, NW Australia, are clarified. It occurs in a number of disjunct distributional foci across tropical Australia and specialises on dung of the fungus-feeding northern bettong, Bettongia tropica Wakefield, in part of its range.