Species Bassianus colydioides (Erichson, 1842)

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• Tenebrio colydioides Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [175].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB, Tas.
• Menephilus parvulus Macleay, W.J. 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2(4): 239-318 [285].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM K34632, Gayndah, Qld [25° 38' S 151° 37' E].
• Menephilus armstrongi Carter, H.J. 1933. Australian Coleoptera. Notes and new species. VIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58(3-4): 159-180 [171].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Nandewar Range, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carter, H.J. 1926. A check list of the Australian Tenebrionidae. The Australian Zoologist 4(3): 117–163 pls xvi-xvii [22 Feb. 1926] [146] (M. parvulus Macleay)
• Carter, H.J. 1934. Australian and New Guinea Coleoptera. Notes and new species. No. iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 59(3-4): 252-269 [265] (M. armstrongi Carter)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), 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)

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