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Australaphodius frenchi (Blackburn, 1892) |
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Australaphodius frenchi (Blackburn)
Photo by Paul Skelley. |
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Australaphodius frenchi distributional records from southern South America. |
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Original combination: Aphodius frenchi Blackburn, 1892: 35.
Type locality: “S. Australia and Victoria.” |
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Synonyms:
Aphodius ambiguus Boheman, 1858: 51; type locality:
.....Promontorium Bonae Spei” South
Africa.
Aphodius brevitarsis Péringuey, 1901: 388; type locality: “Cape .....Colony (Cape Town)” South Africa.
Aphodius tarsalis Schmidt, 1907: 201; type locality: “Cape Colony .....(Cape Town)” South Africa.
Aphodius melbournicus Balthasar, 1942: 203; type locality: “Süd-
.....Australien.”
Aphodius catulus Balthasar, 1946: 54; type locality: “Africa austr., .....Caffraria, sine indicatione loci.” |
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Specimens examined: 53 specimens were examined from ABTS, CNCI, FMNH, JMEC, LEMQ, MEUC,
MNNC, PESC, TMSA, UCCC, UMCE. |
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Distribution: CHILE (53). IV Región de Coquimbo (3): La Campana, La Herradura; V Región de Valparaíso
(7): Concón, Viña del Mar; Región Metropolitana (11): Costa Santiago, El Convento, Rangue, Santiago;
VII Región del Maule (4): Iloca; VIII Región del Bío-Bío (23): Chillán, Concepción (Escuadron),
Concepción (Quebrada Honda, near Linrquén), Hualpén, Río Biobío, Villa Alegre (Curanilahué), Villa San
Pedro; IX Región de la Araucanía (5): El Molco, Ercilla, Vilcún (Palihue).
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Outside the study area, this species has been recorded from the Nearctic, Australia, New Zealand, and
South Africa. (Dellacasa et al. 2002). |
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Temporal data: February (1), March (1), May (2), July (2), August (11), September (11), October (5),
November (18). |
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Diagnosis: Length 3–5 mm. See the genus diagnosis. |
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Remarks: Apparently this species originated in Africa and has spread to several parts of the world (Stebnicka
and Howden 1995), being first recorded in Chile by Stebnicka (2001). Based on label data we observed,
this species has been present in Chile since at least 1940. Dellacasa et al. (2002) also recorded this species
from X Región de Los Lagos “Antillanca” in Chile based on a material from TMSA. However, we examined
specimens and collecting records from TMSA and determined that this record is erroneous. The only Aphodiinae
collected in Antillanca by Endrody-Younga on 29-X-1990 were Aphodius granarius. |
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References:
Dellacasa, M., Gordon, R.D., Harpootlian, P.J., Stebnicka, Z. & Dellacasa, G. (2002) Systematic redefinition of the New World
Didactyliini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) with descriptions of two new species of Aidophus Balthasar. Insecta Mundi,
15(4), 193–216. [Dated 2001].
Stebnicka, Z.T. (2001) Aphodiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Fauna of New Zealand, 42, 1–59.
Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. (1995) Revision of Australian genera in the tribes Aphodiini, Aegialiini and Proctophanini
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 9, 709–766..
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Excerpt from:
Smith, A. B. T. and P. E. Skelley. 2007. A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America. Zootaxa 1458: 1-80. |
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