Genus Adoretus Castelnau, 1840

Museums

Regional Maps

• Adoretus Castelnau, F.L. Laporte de 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères, avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2 563 pp. [142].

  Type species:

   Adoretus hirtellus Castelnau, 1840 by subsequent designation, see Machatschke, J.W. 1972. Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae Rutelinae. pp. 1-361 in Wilcox, J.A. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Supplementa. The Hague : W. Junk Pt 66 Fasc. I 2 edn. [312].

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic, Afrotopical and Oriental Regions, Melanesia: Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal

Distribution References

General References

Machatschke, J.W. 1972. Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae Rutelinae. pp. 1-361 in Wilcox, J.A. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Supplementa. The Hague : W. Junk Pt 66 Fasc. I 2 edn. [312] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement)

Machatschke, J.W. 1972. Scarabaeoidea: Melolonthidae Rutelinae. pp. 1-361 in Wilcox, J.A. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Supplementa. The Hague : W. Junk Pt 66 Fasc. I 2 edn. [312] (for extralimital synonymy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)