Species Diaphonia melanopyga Lea, 1914

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Species Diaphonia melanopyga Lea, 1914

Diaphonia melanopyga Lea, A.M. 1914. Notes on Australian Cetoniides; with a list of species and descriptions of some new ones. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 132-218 [186].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I1507 ♂, Ooldea (as Ouldea), SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

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

SA: Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults feed on nectar and pollen, larvae in rotten wood.

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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