Species Chondropyga dorsalis (Donovan, 1805)

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• Cetonia dorsalis 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] [second page of unnumbered text].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, NSW.
• Eupoecila deyrollei Thomson, J. 1878. Une note au sujet de diverses Cétonides. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 5 8: 10-11 [11].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP, Australia.
• Cetonia hookeri Swartz, O. 1817. [Species description]. pp. 49-50 in Schönherr, C.J. (ed.). Appendix ad C.J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum, Tom. I. Pt 3. Sistens Descriptiones Novarum Specierum. Scaris : Lewerentziana 266 pp. [49].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM, Australia (as nova Hollandia).

 

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. [190]
• Allard, V. 1995. Les Coléoptères du Monde [The Beetles of the World]. Schizorhinini 1. English text by Brian Morris. Venette, France : Sciences Nat Vol. 23 152 pp. [Date published May-95] [42]

 

Generic Combinations

• Diaphonia dorsalis (Donovan, 1805).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults feed on nectar and pollen, larvae in rotten wood.

 

General References

Alderson, J. 1976. Behaviour and larvae of two rose chafer beetles Eupoecila australasiae (Don), Diaphonia dorsalis (Don) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Victorian Naturalist 93: 86-91 (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	06-Jan-2014	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		06-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)