Genus Dicteniophorus Candèze, 1863

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Genus Dicteniophorus Candèze, 1863

Dicteniophorus Candèze, E. 1863. Monographie des Elatérides 4. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 17: 1-534 [441].
Type species:
Dicteniophorus fusiformis Candèze, 1863 by original designation, see Hyslop, J.A. 1921. Genotypes of the elaterid beetles of the world. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 58: 621-673 [640].

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications: ELATERIDAE: Dicteniophorus dubius Schwarz, 1903 [= Heligmus glyphoderus (Candèze, 1865)] — Quelle, F. 1934. Über Anilicopsis Schwarz (Col. Elater.). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5: 33-34 [33] (synonymised D. dubius Schwarz, 1903 with Heligmus glyphoderus Candèze, 1865, a South American (Brazilian) species)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

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

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal

General References

Kundrata, R., Gunter, N.L., Douglas, H. & Bocak, L. 2016. Next step toward a molecular phylogeny of click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae): redefinition of Pityobiinae, with a description of a new subfamily Parablacinae from the Australasian Region. Austral Entomology 55(3): 291–302

History of changes

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	POLYPHAGA	01-Jul-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
30-Aug-2016	ELATERIDAE	06-Dec-2019	MODIFIED
		01-Jul-2020	MODIFIED

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