Species Alepida froggatti (Macleay, 1887)
Froggatt's Canegrub
- Lepidiota froggatti Macleay, W.J. 1887. The insects of the Cairns district, northern Queensland. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2(2): 213-238 [Date published August 31, 1887: Second Series commenced 1886-87] [227].
Type data:
Lectotype AM(MMUS) ♂, Barron River, near Cairns, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Allsopp, P.G. 2018. Alepida, a new genus for seven Australian species attributed to Lepidiota Kirby, 1828, and one new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini). Australian Entomologist 45(4): 441-464 [447].
Generic Combinations
- Alepida froggatti (Macleay, 1887). —
Allsopp, P.G. 2018. Alepida, a new genus for seven Australian species attributed to Lepidiota Kirby, 1828, and one new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Melolonthini). Australian Entomologist 45(4): 441-464 [447]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
'Alepida froggatti is confined to the Cooktown-Tully area in or near rainforest' (Allsopp 2018)
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: soil dweller.
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2019 | SCARABAEIDAE | 02-May-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |