Species Colpochila deceptor Blackburn, 1890

Museums

Regional Maps

• Colpochila deceptor 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 [529].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, McDonnell Ranges, NT.

  Secondary source:

   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 [41].
• Haplonycha punctatissima 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 [309].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, N QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [41]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Murray-Darling basin, W plateau, Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, VIC, NSW, QLD, NT, SA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin

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)