Species Cheiroplatys inconspicuus Macleay, 1887

Museums

Chiroplatys inconspicuus Macleay, W.J. 1887. The insects of the Cairns district, northern Queensland. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2(2): 213-238 [Date published August 31, 1887: Second Series commenced 1886-87] [229].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, Cairns, QLD
Comment: Macleay did not indicate the number of specimens on which his description was based; Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992. Dynastinae. pp. 383–425 in Houston, W. W. K. (ed). Zoological Record of Australia. Coleoptera:Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Subsequent designation references:
Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [93].
Type locality references:
Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992. Dynastinae. pp. 383-425 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp.
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 [264].

NE coastal, QLD, NSW.

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder.

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	01-May-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)