Species Chlorobapta frontalis (Donovan, 1805)
- Cetonia frontalis Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [first page of unnumbered text].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH, NSW. - Schyzorhina cunningham Gory, H.L. & Percheron, A.R. 1833. Monographie de Cétoines et genres voisons, formant, dans les families naturelles de Latreille, la division des Scarabées Mélitophiles. Paris : J.B. Baillière 403 pp., 77 pls. [54].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande). - Schizorhina viridisignata Macleay, W.J. 1863. Descriptions of twenty new species of Australian Coleoptera, belonging to the families Cicindelidae and Cetoniidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 9-21 [15].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS), King George Sound, WA. - Schizorrhina (Diaphonia) jansoni Olliff, A.S. 1885. Description of a new species of Schizorrhina (Cetoniidae) from West Australia. Cistula Entomologica 3: 137-138 [137].
Type data:
Holotype AM K31673 ♂, Salt River, WA [32° 1' 34" S 117° 42' E].
Paratype(s) AM K31673 ♀.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Schenkling, S. 1921. Scarabaeidae: Cetoninae. pp. 1-431 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Scarabaeidae III. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XXI Pt 72. [185]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin, Lake Eyre basin, QLD, NSW, VIC.
IBRA
ACT, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Finke (FIN), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Adults feed on nectar and pollen, larvae in rotten wood.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 01-Jul-2020 | 06-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 01-Jul-2020 | 17-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |