Species Trichaulax macleayi Kraatz, 1894

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• Trichaulax macleayi Kraatz, G. 1894. Trichaulax macleayi nov. spec. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 13: 255 [255] [erroneously quoted as a variety of philipsii (as philippsii) Schreibers by Arrow, G.J. 1943. On the genera and nomenclature of the lucanid Coleoptera, and descriptions of a few new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London B 12: 133–143 and Hiller, A. 1990. Notes on systematics and biology of Trichaulax Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 17: 117–130].

  Type data:

   Holotype DEIB ♀, WA (as West-Australien).

  Secondary source:

   Arrow, G.J. 1943. On the genera and nomenclature of the lucanid Coleoptera, and descriptions of a few new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London B 12: 133-143; Hiller, A. 1990. Notes on systematics and biology of Trichaulax Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 17: 117-130.
• Trichaulax sericea Janson, O.E. 1905. Description of Coleoptera of the family Cetoniidae from British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 16: 11-18 [17].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Bebini, PNG (as Babooni, British New Guinea).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hiller, A. 1990. Notes on systematics and biology of Trichaulax Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 17: 117-130 [124]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults feed on nectar and pollen, larvae in rotten wood.

 

General References

Cantrell, B. 1979. Breeding sites of Trichaulax philipsii (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). News Bulletin, Entomological Society of Queensland 6: 127-128 (biology)

Hiller, A. 1990. Notes on systematics and biology of Trichaulax Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 17: 117-130 [125] (distribution)

 

History of changes

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01-Jul-2020		06-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
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