Species Chauliognathus imperialis (Redtenbacher, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Telephorus imperialis Redtenbacher, L. 1867. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Coleoptera. Wien : Karl Gerold's Sohn Vol. 2(1) iv 249 pp. 5 pls. [103].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHMW, Sydney (as Sidney), NSW.
• Telephorus pictus Castelnau, Comte de 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 1 cxxv 324 pp. [275] [junior secondary homonym of Telephorus pictus (Wiedemann, 1821) now Afronycha picta (Wiedemann)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande); exact locality unknown.
• Telephorus sticticus Gemminger, M. 1870. Geänderte Namen. Coelopterologische Hefte 6: 119–124 [120] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Telephorus pictus Castelnau, 1840].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Delkeskamp, K. 1977. Cantharidae. pp. 1-485 in Wilcox, J.A. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. The Hague : W. Junk Vol. 165 485 pp. [456]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

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