Onthophagus vacca (a species of dung-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
ABC (2020). Third time lucky for Australia’s newest migrant, the French ‘eater of cow dung’ beetle. ABC news online 23 April 2020 (as Onthophagus vacca)
Non-native (European origin)
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Scarabaeoidea
Family: Scarabaeidae
Subfamily: Scarabaeinae
Tribe: Onthophagini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): (not yet documented)
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
