Species Antitrogus parvulus Britton, 1978

Museums

Regional Maps

• Antitrogus parvulus Britton, E.B. 1978. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 2. Tribe Melolonthini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 60: 1-150 [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Childers, c. 50 km S of Bundaberg, QLD [25°15'S 152°16'E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC; ASCU; SAMA; EUQ; QM.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, non-feeder, volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva pest of sugar cane.

 

General References

Allsopp, P.G. 1990. Sexual dimorphism in the adult antennae of Antitrogus parvulus Britton and Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 261-266

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp.

Mungomery, R.W. 1932. The Childers cane beetle. Farm Bulletin Bureau of Sugar Experimental Stations Queensland 4: 1-9

 

History of changes

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