Species Ceratognathus niger Westwood, 1838

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• Ceratognathus niger Westwood, J.O. 1838. Lucanidarum novarum exoticarum Descriptiones, cum Monographia Generum Nigidii et Figuli. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 5: 259-268 [261].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM ♂ ♀, TAS (as Terra Van Diemenii).
• Platycerus furcatus Castelnau, F.L. Laporte de 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères, avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2 563 pp. [174].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Australia (as New Holland).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Parry, F.J.S. 1863. A few remarks upon Mr. James Thomson's catalogue of Lucanidae, published in the "Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 1862". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 1: 442-452 [452]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae in fallen logs.

 

General References

Alderson, J. 1975. Description of the larvae of Ceratognathus niger (Westw.) Coleoptera: Lucanidae (Stag Beetle). Victorian Naturalist 92: 217-221 (larval description)

 

History of changes

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