Species Diphucephala coerulea Macleay, 1883

Museums

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• Diphucephala coerulea Macleay, W.J. 1883. Notices of some undescribed species of Coleoptera in the Brisbane Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 409-416 [415].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) QM, Australia
  Comment: Lea, A.M. 1916. Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 272–436 (294) states: "The types of these species (refering to Diphucephala hirtipennis, D. coerula and D. latipennis) were returned to the Queensland Museum by Macleay, and have perished.".

  Type locality references:

  Lea, A.M. 1916. Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part II. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 272-436 [Date published Dec. 23, 1916]; Lea, A.M. 1930. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part XXI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 55: 451-467 [454].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Localities unknown.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

History of changes

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