Species Epironastes limbatus Carne, 1957

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Regional Maps

• Epironastes limbatus Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [126].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂ (1931-1941 A. Goerling), Marloo Station, Wurarga, WA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 2♂ (1 specimen seen); WAM 1♂ (Feb.1914 425), Cunderdin, WA; WAM 1♂ (A. Douglas), 37-814 Kukerin, WA.

  Secondary source:

   Hutchinson, P.M. & Allsopp, P.G. 2020. Revision of Epironastes Carne, 1957 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini: Pseudoryctina) with description of the female, behaviours, and habitats. Zootaxa 4852(4): 428-448 [438].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SW coastal, W plateau, NW coastal, WA.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Mallee (MAL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Dec-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	11-Dec-2020	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	01-May-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)