Zdzisława T. Stebnicka (2009)

Aphodiinae of Australia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Iconography.

187 pp, hardback, ISBN 978-83-61358-24-4

The fauna of Australian Aphodiinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) includes eight tribes and 30 genera with 183 known species inhabiting the Australian continent and offshore islands. Of the total number of 183 species, the 172 species are presented in iconography. The essential diagnoses of the tribes with keys to genera, descriptions of the genera and species with their synonymy, data on affinities, location of the name-bearing types, known habitats and seasonality and distribution are associated with colour photographs of beetles and drawings of the pertinent morphological details. The literature includes monographs, revisions and other publications dealing with taxonomy of the tribes on the world basis.