Species Cryptodus fraternus Fairmaire, 1877

Museums

Cryptodus fraternus 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:
Holotype MNHP ♀, Cleveland Bay (as Cleveland-Bay), QLD.
Cryptodus protensus Fairmaire, L. 1879. Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée Godeffroy. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 14: 80–114 [89].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP ♂, Australia.
Subsequent designation references:
Endrödi, S. 1977. Monographie der Dynastinae. VIII. Tribus: Phileurini (Coleoptera, Lamellicornia). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 41: 93-134 [121].
Cryptodus fairmairei Macleay, W.J. 1888. The insects of King's Sound and its vicinity. Part II. The Lamellicornes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 897-924 [923].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, King Sound, WA.
Cryptodus angustus Lea, A.M. 1919. Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part V. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 43: 166-261, pls XXV-XXVII [Date published 24 Dec. 1919] [235].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I136, Daly Waters, NT.
Paratype(s) SAMA 4 specimens (one with registration no. 11796).
Type locality references:
Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [203].

N Gulf, NE coastal, SW coastal, NW coastal, N coastal, QLD, WA, NT.

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, predator, terrestrial, volant.

Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder, inquiline.

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	01-May-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)