Species Colpochila punctiventris Blackburn, 1890

Museums

Regional Maps

• Colpochila punctiventris 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 [526].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide district, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♂ ♀.

  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 [72]; 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. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
• Haplonycha gymnopyga 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] [503].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I4620 ♀, Murat Bay, SA.

 

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 [72]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Murray-Darling basin, W plateau, VIC, NSW, WA, SA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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