Species Colobostoma rufipennis (Boisduval, 1835)

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Species Colobostoma rufipennis (Boisduval, 1835)

Sericesthis rufipennis Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp. [207].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
Secondary source:
Britton, E.B. 1990. A synopsis of the genera of Liparetrini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 159-195 [182] (re type).
Platydesmus sulcipennis 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] [226].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS), Mossman River, Cairns, QLD.
Frenchella sparsiceps Blackburn, T. 1898. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 22: 18-64 [41].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, near Sydney, NSW; SAMA ♂, near Sydney, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Britton, E.B. 1990. A synopsis of the genera of Liparetrini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 159-195 [182]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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