Species Aulacocyclus fracticornis Kuwert, 1891

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• Aulacocyclus fracticornis Kuwert, A.F. 1891. Systematische Übersicht der Passaliden-Arten und Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1891: 161-192 [170] [erroneously considered as a nom. nud. by Dibb, J.R. 1935. Further notes on Aulacocyclus (Col., Passalidae). Stylops 4: 227–233].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP, South Seas (as Südsee (Patria?), no exact locality specified.

  Type locality references:

  Dibb, J.R. 1932. The Australian species of the genus Aulacocyclus (Col., Passalidae). Stylops 1: 257-263 [258].

  Secondary source:

   Dibb, J.R. 1935. Further notes on Aulacocyclus (Col., Passalidae). Stylops 4: 227-233.
• Aulacocyclus rotundatoclypeatus Kuwert, A.F. 1891. Systematische Übersicht der Passaliden-Arten und Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1891: 161-192 [170] [erroneously considered as a nom. nud. by Dibb, J.R. 1935. Further notes on Aulacocyclus (Col., Passalidae). Stylops 4: 227–233].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Cape York (as Cap York), QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Dibb, J.R. 1935. Further notes on Aulacocyclus (Col., Passalidae). Stylops 4: 227-233.
• Aulacocyclus errans Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 233-259 [233].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dibb, J.R. 1935. Further notes on Aulacocyclus (Col., Passalidae). Stylops 4: 227-233 [227] (also for extralimital synonymy)
• Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992. Passalidae. pp. 20-30 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp. [22] (stat. nov.; synonymy of Dibb (1935), based on redescriptions by Kuwert, A.F. 1897. Die Passaliden dichotomisch bearbeitet. Novit. Zool. 4: 274–306[278], accepted here, although date priority is applied, thus A. fracticornis is considered the valid name)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults inhabit and feed on rotten wood.

 

History of changes

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