Species Ceratognathus mentiferus Westwood, 1863

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• Ceratognathus mentiferus Westwood, J.O. 1863. Descriptions of some new exotic species of Lucanidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 429-437 [434].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Goulburn (as Goulborn) River, Australia (as New Holland).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Warren River.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial.

 

General References

Benesh, B. 1960. Lucanidae. pp. 1-178 in Hincks, W.D. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Gravenhage : W. Junk Part 8. [20] (as mentifer, incorrect subsequent spelling)

Carter, H.J. 1925. Revision of the Australian species of Chrysobothris (Fam. Buprestidae), together with notes and descriptions of new species of Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50: 225–244 [234] (as mentifer, incorrect subsequent spelling)

Van Roon, G. 1910. Lucanidae. pp. 1-70 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Lucanidae, Passalidae, Scarabaeidae I. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XIX Pt 8. [56] (as mentifer, incorrect subsequent spelling)

 

History of changes

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