Species Cryptodus cycnorum Fairmaire, 1877
- Cryptodus cycnorum Fairmaire, L. 1877. Les diagnoses de plusieurs Coléoptères nouveaux du genre Cryptodus. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 5 7: cxxviii–cxxx [22 Aug. 1877] [129].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP, Swan River (as Swan-River), WA.Subsequent designation references:
Endrödi, S. 1977. Monographie der Dynastinae. VIII. Tribus: Phileurini (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 41: 93-134 [124]. - Cryptodus explanatus Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [203].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Adelaide, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, predator, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder, inquiline.
General References
Barbero, E. & Palestrini, V. 2003. Coleoptera Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae and Dynastinae) collected in Australia. pp. 303-328 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. I. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 35, 565 pp. [324] (new record)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |