Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Genus Eucanthus Westwood, 1848

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Genus Eucanthus Westwood, 1848

  • Eucanthus Westwood, J.O. 1848. On the Australian species of the coleopterous genus Bolboceras Kirby. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 384-387 [387].
    Type species:
     Scarabaeus meliboeus Fabricius, 1792 by monotypy.

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Nearctic and Neotropical Regions.


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

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • South Australia: W plateau
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Distribution References

  • Howden, H.F. & Cooper, J.B. 1977. The generic classification of the Boloboceratini of the Australian region, with descriptions of four new genera (Scarabaeidae: Geotrupinae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 50: 1-50 [10]