Genus Dipelicus Hope, 1845

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Genus Dipelicus Hope, 1845

Dipelicus Hope, F.W. 1845. On the entomology of China, with descriptions of the new species sent to England by Dr. Cantor from Chusan and Canton. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 4–17 [7].
Type species:
Dipelicus cantori Hope, 1842 by monotypy.
Horonotus Burmeister, H.C.C. 1847. Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Xylophila et Pectinicornia. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 5 viii 584 pp. [178].
Type species:
Geotrupes daedalus Fabricius, 1792 by monotypy.
Oronotus Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1869. Catalogus Coleoptorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus autoribus. Scarabaeidae. Monachii : E.H. Gummi Vol. 4 pp. 979-1346. [1253] [unjustified emendation of Horonotus Burmeister, 1847; junior homonym of Oronotus Wesmael, 1844 (Hymenoptera)].
Type species:
Geotrupes daedalus Fabricius, 1792 by monotypy.
Camelonotus Fairmaire, L. 1883. Essai sur les Coléoptères de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Bretagne. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 27(2): 1-58 [14] [nom. nov. for Oronotus Gemminger & Harold, 1869].
Neodipelicus Ritsema, C. 1887. On a few Coleoptera from the island of Riouw. Notes from the Leyden Museum 9: 213-216 [215].
Type species (included species):
Dipelicus geryon Drury, 1773; Dipelicus cantori Hope, 1842; Dipelicus lobatus Lansberge, 1879
Palmerstonia Blackburn, T. 1888. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 805-875 [855].
Type species:
Palmerstonia bovilli Blackburn, 1888 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [118] (also for extralimital synonymy)

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Oriental Region, 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

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal

Distribution References

Arrow, G.J. 1937. Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae. pp. 1-124 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Scarabaeidae III. The Hague : W. Junk Vol. XXI Pars 156 pp. [53]

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		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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