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INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS ADVISORY GROUP REPRESENTATIVES OF LANDCARE RESEARCH Dr D.R. Penman Landcare Research Lincoln Agriculture & Science Centre P.O. Box 69, Lincoln, New Zealand Dr T.K. Crosby and Dr M.-C. Larivière Landcare Research Mount Albert Research Centre Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF UNIVERSITIES Dr R.M. Emberson Ecology and Entomology Group Soil, Plant, and Ecological Sciences Division P.O. Box 84, Lincoln University, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF MUSEUMS Mr R.L. Palma Natural Environment Department Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand REPRESENTATIVE OF OVERSEAS INSTITUTIONS Dr J.F. Lawrence CSIRO Division of Entomology G.P.O. Box 1700, Canberra City A.C.T. 2601, Australia * * * SERIES EDITOR Dr T. K. Crosby Landcare Research Mount Albert Research Centre Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand Fauna of New Zealand Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa Number / Nama 42 Aphodiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Z. T. Stebnicka Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow 31–016, Poland [email protected] Manaak i W h e n u a P R E S S Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand 2001 Copyright © Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd 2001 No part of this work covered by copyright may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping information retrieval systems, or otherwise) without the written permission of the publisher. Cataloguing in publication STEBNICKA, Z. T. (ZdzisawaTeresa), 1932– Aphodiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) / Z. T. Stebnicka – Lincoln, Canterbury, N.Z. : Manaaki Whenua Press, 2001. (Fauna of New Zealand, ISSN 0111–5383 ; no. 42). ISBN 0-478-09341-1 I. Title II. Series UDC 595.764.1(931) Prepared for publication by the series editor using computer-based text processing, layout, scanning, and printing at Landcare Research, Mt Albert Research Centre, Private Bag 92170, Auckland, New Zealand Mori text by H. Jacob, Huatau Consultants, Levin. Published by Manaaki Whenua Press, Landcare Research, P.O. Box 40, Lincoln, Canterbury, N.Z. Website: http://www.mwpress.co.nz/ Printed by PrintLink Ltd, Wellington Front cover: Acrossidius tasmaniae (Hope) (Illustrator: D. W. Helmore). Publication of the Fauna of New Zealand series is the result of a research investment by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology under contract number C09X002. Fauna of New Zealand 42 5 POPULAR SUMMARY HE WHAKARAPOPOTOTANGA Class Insecta Order Coleoptera Family Scarabaeidae Subfamily Aphodiinae Illustration / Whakaahua: Phycocus graniceps Broun (Il- lustrator / Kaiwhakaahua: A. C. Harris). Dung beetles Ng p.tara ttae Representatives of the Aphodiinae are found throughout Kitea ai ng mea o te whnau iti Aphodiinae i ng koko the world but it is generally assumed that the warm part katoa o te ao, heoi ko te whakapae, ko ng whi mahana of the Old World is their centre of distribution. The New o te ‘Ao Tawhito’ t rtou tino kinga. O ng iwi me ng World and Australia, on the other hand, possess only very puninga ka kitea i reira, he ruarua noa iho ka kitea an i few members of those tribes and genera that occur in the te ‘Ao Hou’ me Ahitereiria. Heoi, ko te nuinga o ng Old World — instead, endemic genera and species of other puninga me ng iwi ka kitea i nei takiw, kore e kitea i tribes of Aphodiinae are numerous. whi k. Approximately 3100 species of aphodiines are known, Kei te hua 3100 ng momo aphodiine e mhiotia and many more may be expected, especially from the ana, otir, ar noa atu pea ng momo kore an i ta Neotropical and Oriental regions. The beetles are vari- tautuhia. E tino hngai ana tnei whakapae ki ng takiw ously shaped and sculptured, and range from 0.8 mm to o te P o Amerika me Amerika ki te Tonga, tae atu ki 16.0 mm in length. They are most commonly called “dung hia. He rerek te hanga o tn, o tn, , ko te rahi, kei beetles”, though in fact only a part of this subfamily is waenga i te 0.8 mm me te 16.0 mm. Ko te ‘p.tara ttae’ usually collected in dung. Aphodiinae are coprophagous t rtou ingoa krangaranga, engari ko ttahi whanga or saprophagous, feeding and breeding in the soil on vari- noa iho o tnei whnau iti ka kitea e noho ana i te ttae. ous kinds of excrement and/or in vegetable debris. Sev- He kai ttae, he kai popo ng aphodiinae, , ka kitea e eral species found in Europe, Asia, America, and Austra- kai ana, e whakaputa uri ana i roto i nei mea i te oneone. lia, and two species (Acrossidius tasmaniae (Hope) and Kua rangahaua ng momo maha tonu e noho ana i ropi, Ataenius picinus Harold) in New Zealand have been stud- i hia, i Amerika, me Ahitereiria, me tahi momo e rua o ied as minor pests of cultivated plants. Some species, e.g., Aotearoa (ko te Acrossidius tasmaniae (Hope) me te Phycocus graniceps Broun and Tesarius sulcipennis (Lea), Ataenius picinus Harold), he kaikai mra n rtou. Ar are strongly associated with coastal sand dunes. Many an tahi momo pr i a Phycocus graniceps Broun me te species in other countries are associated with ants and Tesarius sulcipennis (Lea) e kitea nuitia ana ki ng thuna termites and some others live in the burrows of small o te tahamoana. He maha ng momo i twhi e noho ana mammals. A few species are known to be kleptoparasitic, i waenga i a ngi ppokorua me ngi ppokotea, ko tahi breeding in the brood balls of nest-building dung beetles an e noho ana ki ng rua o tahi kararehe whngote (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Adults of Aphodiinae are moroiti. Ko tahi momo ruarua nei, ka whnako i ng attracted to light and are often found in various kinds of khanga o ng p.tara ttae hanga khanga (ar ng excrement, in decaying vegetation, under logs and moss, Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), hei whi whakaputa uri m in rotten wood, and under loose bark of dead trees. The rtou. Whaiwhai ai ng aphodiinae pakeke i te mrama. immatures are known for a relatively small number of Ka kitea nuitia hoki i ng momo ttae maha, i ng popo, species. (continued overleaf) (haere tonu) 6 Stebnicka (2001): Aphodiinae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Twenty species of Aphodiinae are now known from i raro i ng poro rkau me ng pkohu, i ng rkau pirau, New Zealand. Eleven of these have been introduced, prob- i raro rnei i te hiako o ng rkau kua mate noa. E mhiotia ably through human commerce — six are from Australia, ana te hanga khungahunga o tahi momo hua ruarua two from America, one from Africa, and the last two are nei. cosmopolitan species of European derivation. E rua tekau ng momo Aphodiinae o Aotearoa e The remaining nine species of the genera Phycocus mhiotia ana inianei. Tekau m tahi o nei, kua rere mai Broun (introduced to Tasmania) and Saprosites i twhi, n ng mahi tauhokohoko pea i heri mai. E ono Redtenbacher are indigenous to New Zealand. One spe- i tau mai i Ahitereiria, e rua mai i Amerika, kotahi mai i cies is found only on the South Island, and seven are found wherika, e rua atu an n ropi taketake ake, engari only on the North Island including one species collected kua puta atu ki ng hau e wh. also on the Kermadec Islands, and one on the Chathams Tr an ng momo e iwa o te puninga Phycocus Islands. One species is indigenous to the Three Kings Broun (kua tae atu an ki Tahimnia) me Saprosites Islands, one to the Chatham Islands, and one to the Redtenbacher, he momo tturu n Aotearoa. Kotahi te Kermadec Islands (introduced to the North Island). The momo ka kitea i Te Waipounamu anake, e rima ka kitea i non-endemic species, of adventive origin are frequently Te Ika a Mui anake, kotahi ka kitea i Te Ika a Mui me abundant and conspicuous in towns, orchards, pastures, ng moutere Kermadec, kotahi an i Te Ika a Mui me and other modified environments. The faunal relation- Rkohu. Kotahi te momo n Manawa-twhi tturu, kotahi ships of the native New Zealand Aphodiinae are clearly n Rkohu tturu, kotahi n ng Kermadec tturu (kua closest to those of Australia. tau mai an ki Te Ika a Mui). Ko ng momo ehara n konei taketake ake, engari kei konei e noho ana, ka kitea nuitia i ng taone, i ng mra huarkau, i ng pt.t., me r atu taiao n te ringa tangata i raweke. Ko ng hono i waenga i ng Aphodiinae o Aotearoa taketake ake, e hua rite ana ki r o Ahitereiria. I whnau mai te kaituhi, a Zdzisawa Teresa Stebnicka (ko Eichler tana ingoa whnau), i Prana. Ko ng mahi toi me ng ptaiao mori na kaupapa matua i te whare wnanga, ka whakawhiwhia ia ki tana Tkutatanga Ptaiao i te Wnanga Ptaiao o Prana, i Cracow. Kei te Ptahi Whakarp, Kunenga Kararehe, i raro i te maru o te Wnanga Ptaiao o Prana, a ia e mahi ana. Ko tna kaupapa rangahau, ko te whakarp, te whakatairite hanga rauropi, te koiora-matawhenua, me te kunenga o tahi rp p.tara, otir, me te aro whiti ki ng tini Aphodiinae, huri i te ao. Neke atu i te 80 ng krero nna an i tuhi e Contributor Zdzisawa Teresa Stebnicka, family name titiro ana ki te pnaha whakarp, te whi noho me te Eichler, was born in Poland, educated in fine arts and hua o tn, o tn momo, te taupuhi kaiao, tae atu ki te natural sciences, and was awarded a Dr.
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