Species Cryptodus tasmannianus Westwood, 1841

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• Cryptodus tasmannianus Westwood, J.O. 1841. On the Australian genus Cryptodus, and upon Parastasia, the Asiatic representative of the Rutelidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1841: 34-35 [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM, TAS (as Terra Van Diemenni).
• Cryptodus anthracinus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [160].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TAS (as Vandiemensland).
• Cryptodus politus Westwood, J.O. 1856. Descriptions of the species of the Australian lamellicorn genus Cryptodus. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 2 4: 1-7 [4].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM, Australia.
• Cryptodus ater Lea, A.M. 1920. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part XV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44: 735-760 [746].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 2 specimens (?♀), Jenolan and Sydney, NSW.
• Cryptodus elongatus Arrow, G.J. 1937. Systematic notes on beetles of the subfamily Dynastinae, with descriptions of a few new species in the British Museum Collection (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 86: 35-57 [53].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂ ♀, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [199]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

NE coastal, SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, QLD, NSW, ACT, Lord Howe Is., VIC, TAS, SA.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

General References

Reid, C.A.M., Shaw, J.J. & Jensen, A.R. 2018. The Australian Museum Lord Howe Island Expedition 2017—Coleoptera. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 26: 53-67 [64]

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