Species Arthropterus howittensis Masters, 1886
- Arthropterus howittensis Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Paussidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 638-641 [639] [nom. nov. for Cerapterus (Arthropterus) howittii Westwood, 1874].
- Cerapterus (Arthropterus) howittii Westwood, J.O. 1874. Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis; or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, for the most part contained in the collections presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F.W. Hope, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., etc., with forty plates from drawings by the author. Oxford : Macmillan xxiv 205 pp. 40 pls. [77 pl. 15 fig. 4] [junior homonym of Arthropterus howittii Macleay, 1873].
Type data:
Holotype OUM, Melbourne, VIC. - Arthropterus (Panarthropterus) dohrni Kolbe, H. 1924. Zur Kenntnis der Paussiden Australiens: Untergattungen von Arthropterus. (Col). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 4: 345-353 [352] [unnecessary replacement name for Arthropterus howittii Westwood, 1874].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Gestro, R. 1910. Cupedidae, Paussidae. pp. 1-31 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 4 Pars 5. [8]
- Sloane, T.G. 1933. Notes on the Australian species of the family Paussidae (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 58: 396-404 [398]
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial.
History of changes
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