Species Colobostoma obscuricornis (Blanchard, 1850)
- Haplonycha obscuricornis 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. [108] [Blackburn, T. 1890. Revision of the genera Colpochila (including Haplonycha), Sericesthis and their allies, with descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 517–552 (518) and Blackburn, T. 1906. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXVI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 263–324 (296) rejected obscuricornis as a species of Haplonycha; Britton, E.B. 1986. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 4. Tribe Liparetrini: Genus Colpochila. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 118: 1–135 (5) agreed with this view and stated the description was too brief for identification].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, eastern Australia (as Nouv.-Holl. orient.).Secondary source:
Blackburn, T. 1890. Revision of the genera Colpochila (including Haplonycha), Sericesthis and their allies, with descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 517-552; Blackburn, T. 1906. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXVI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 263-324; Britton, E.B. 1986. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 4. Tribe Liparetrini: Genus Colpochila. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 118: 1-135.
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
E Australia, locality unknown.
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: soil dweller.
General References
Britton, E.B. 1986. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 4. Tribe Liparetrini: Genus Colpochila. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 118: 1-135 [5] (rejected as a species of Haplonycha)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2020 | SCARABAEOIDEA | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |