Species Dicteniophorus ramifer (Eschscholtz, 1829)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ludius ramifer Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Elaterites, Eintheilung derselben in Gattungen. In, Thon. Entomol. Arch.2(1): 31–35. [34].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB ♂, Australia (as Nova Hollandia); exact locality unknown.
• Elater hunteri Boisduval, J.B.A.D. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 2 vii 267 pp. [107].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 4♂, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande); exact locality unknown.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Neboiss, A. 1956. A check list of Australian Elateridae (Coleoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 22(2): 1-75 [Date published Jul. 25, 1956] [61]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Female brachypterous, male volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)