Species Anoplognathus velutinus Boisduval, 1835

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anoplognathus velutinus 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. [181].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas: 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), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: folivore, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

 

General References

Green, A. 1983. A far-flying Christmas beetle; the first record from Tasmania of Anoplognathus velutinus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Tasmanian Naturalist 74: 2 (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)