Species Cheiragra pusilla (Blanchard, 1850)

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Species Cheiragra pusilla (Blanchard, 1850)

Phyllotocus pusillus Blanchard, C.E. 1850. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Catalogue de la Collection Entomologique. Classe des insectes. Ordre des Coléoptères. Paris : Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Vol. IV 128 pp. [97].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP (not found), eastern Australia (as Nouv.-Holl. orient.).
Cheiragra aphodioides Macleay, W.J. 1864. On the insects of Australia allied to the Glaphyridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 75-90 [88].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens, near Sydney, NSW.
Secondary source:
Britton, E.B. & Stanbury, P.J. 1981. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VIII. Insects: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 105(4): 241-293.
Cheiragra atra Macleay, W.J. 1864. On the insects of Australia allied to the Glaphyridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 75-90 [88].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, Illawarra, NSW.
Secondary source:
Britton, E.B. & Stanbury, P.J. 1981. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VIII. Insects: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 105(4): 241-293.
Cheiragra pygmaea Macleay, W.J. 1864. On the insects of Australia allied to the Glaphyridae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 75-90 [88].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Britton, E.B. 1957. A Revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). London : British Museum Vol. 1 vii 185 pp. 42 pls. [21]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

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IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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