Species Anoplognathus rugosus Kirby, 1818

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• Anoplognathus rugosus Kirby, W. 1818. A century of Insects, including several new genera described from his cabinet. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 375-453 [405].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Australia (as Australasia).
• Anoplognathus viridicollis Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp. [177].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
• Anoplognathus longipennis Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [356].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀, Sydney, NSW.
• Anoplognathus dispar Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [357].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♀, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Carne, P.B. 1957. A revision of the ruteline genus Anoplognathus Leach (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 5(1): 88–143 [114]; Cassis, G. & Weir, T.A. 1992. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carne, P.B. 1957. A revision of the ruteline genus Anoplognathus Leach (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 5(1): 88–143 [114]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: folivore, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae probably feed on rotting wood, humus or grass roots.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)