Species Chilodiplus albertisii Sharp, 1877

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chilodiplus albertisii Sharp, D. 1877. Descriptions of some new forms of aberrant Melolonthini from Australia: forming a distinct subtribe (Systellopides). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 9: 311-320 [314] [Chilodiplus albertisi is an unjustified emendation, see Allsopp (2023)].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Cape York, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP ♂.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Allsopp, P.G. 1990. Revision of the Systellopini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(1989): 197-227 [Date published 28 Feb 1990] [206].

  Secondary source:

   Allsopp, P.G. 2023. Confusion in the names of some Queensland Scarabaeoidea (coleoptera): original spelling, prevailing usage or homonymy. Australian Entomologist 50(2): 47-62 [52].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from the tip of Cape York Peninsula.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

General References

Allsopp, P.G. 1990. Revision of the Systellopini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(1989): 197-227 [Date published 28 Feb 1990] [206]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	Melolonthinae	20-Nov-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Vivian Sandoval
		12-Feb-2010	(import)