Species Colpochila pulchella Blackburn, 1890

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Species Colpochila pulchella Blackburn, 1890

Colpochila pulchella 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 [530].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Gawler, SA.
Haplonycha octoarticulata Lea, A.M. 1917. Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper creeks, September and October, 1916. (n) Insecta. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 489-630, pls 33-37 [includes descriptions of some species not from the expedition] [499].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I4603 ♂, Crecy, SA.
Haplonycha novemarticulata Lea, A.M. 1917. Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper creeks, September and October, 1916. (n) Insecta. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 489-630, pls 33-37 [includes descriptions of some species not from the expedition] [505].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I7815 ♀, Ooldea, SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA.

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 [71]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Murray-Darling basin, SA.

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, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

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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