Species Colpochila brevisetosa (Lea, 1930)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Haplonycha brevisetosa Lea, A.M. 1930. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part XXI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55: 451-467 [455].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA, Minnie Downs, QLD [25°02'S 145°52'E].

  Subsequent designation 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 [34].
• Colpochila laciniata Britton, E.B. 1959. Australian Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Frey Museum. Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 10: 276-301 [295].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Abydos Homestead, 56 miles WSW of Marble Bar, WA.
  Paratype(s) BMNH; MGF; ANIC
  Comment: 13 paratype specimens recorded, holdings between institutions not recorded.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Houston, W.W.K. & Weir, T.A. 1992. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. [240] (Colpochila laciniata Britton, 1959 not listed in Britton, E.B. 1959. Australian Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the Frey Museum. Entomol. Arb. Mus. G. Frey 10: 276–301—lapsus)

 

Generic Combinations

• Colpochila brevisetosa (Lea, 1930). —
  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 [34]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

W plateau, WA, SA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: W plateau
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)