Onthophagus mutatus (a species of dung-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Onthophagini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 7
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Flightedness: winged and assumed capable of flight
Ecology
Assumed larval feeding: dung-feeder
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Association with dead wood or old trees: not saproxylic
Collection method(s) for TMAG material: — Baited trapping (funnel trap) — Flight intercept trapping — Flight intercept trapping (trough below Malaise trap) — Hand collection (substrate not specified) — Hand collection from Eucalyptus nitens — Pitfall trapping — Sticky trapping on Eucalyptus globulus.
Source ecological literature:
Grove, S.J. (2009b). Beetles and fuelwood harvesting: a retrospective study from Tasmania’s southern forests. Tasforests 18: 77-99.
Baker, S.C. (2006b). Ecology and conservation of ground-dwelling beetles in managed wet eucalypt forest: edge and riparian effects. PhD thesis, Univ. of Tasmania, Hobart.
