Genus Diaphonia Newman, 1840

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Genus Diaphonia Newman, 1840

Diaphonia Newman, E. 1840. Descriptions of some new species of coleopterous insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 4: 362-368 [366].
Type species:
Diaphonia dispar Newman, 1840 by monotypy.
Dysectoda Kraatz, G. 1880. Genera Cetonidarum Australiae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 24: 177-214 [187] [junior objective synonym of Diaphonia Newman, 1840].
Type species:
Diaphonia dispar Newman, 1840 by original designation.
Melobastes Thomson, J. 1880. Diagnoses de genres nouveaux de la famille des Cétonides. Le Naturaliste 2: 293-294 [294].
Type species:
Schizorrhina (Diaphonia) xanthopyga Germar, 1848 by monotypy.
Dysdiatheta Kraatz, G. 1880. Genera Cetonidarum Australiae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 24: 177-214 [187].
Type species:
Diaphonia vicina Janson, 1873 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Krikken, J. 1984. A new key to the suprageneric taxa in the beetle family Cetoniidae, with annotated lists of the known genera. Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 1984(210): 1-75 [50-51]
Allard, V. 1995. Les Coléoptères du Monde [The Beetles of the World]. Schizorhinini 1. English text by Brian Morris. Venette, France : Sciences Nat Vol. 23 152 pp. [Date published May-95] [40]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Melanesia: Papua New Guinea.

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

ACT, NSW, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV) ; SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; SA, WA: Central Ranges (CR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL) ; WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: S Gulfs, W plateau
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Distribution References

Schenkling, S. 1921. Scarabaeidae: Cetoninae. pp. 1-431 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Scarabaeidae III. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XXI Pt 72. [189]

History of changes

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

Published	Action Date	Action Type
01-Jul-2020	06-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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