Species Barryfilius laevis (Arrow, 1932)

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• Lepidiota laevis Arrow, G.J. 1932. A few new species of Melolonthine Coleoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 9: 189-197 [194].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Atherton, QLD [17.27°S, 145.58°E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂, same as lectotype; QM C/5149 ♂, QLD;
  Status unknown, ANIC ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Allsopp, P.G. 2020. Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950. Zootaxa 4885(4): 451–486 [Date published 27/11/2020].

Generic Combinations

• Barryfilius laevis (Arrow, 1932). —
  Allsopp, P.G. 2022. Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): reclassification of eight species to Antitrogus Burmeister, 1855 and Barryfilius new genus. Zootaxa 5213(5): 513-545 [525] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva pest of grasses on Atherton Tableland.

General References

Cumpston, D. 1941. A summary of certain aspects of the scarab problem, and a contribution to a bibliography of the family Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66: 33-40 (biology)

Gough, N. & Brown, J.D. 1988. Insecticidal control of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) on the Atherton tableland, with observations on crop losses. Queensland Journal of Agricultural and Animal Science 45: 9-17

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