Species Diphucephala colaspidoides (Gyllenhal, 1817)

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• Melolontha colaspidoides Gyllenhal, L. 1817. Sistens descriptiones novarum specierum. pp. 1-144, Tab. 5 & 6 in Schönherr, C. J. (ed.). Appendix ad C. J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum. Scaris : Lewerentziana Vol. I(3) 266 pp. [nom. nud.].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) NHRM, Australia (as Nova Hollandia); ZIUU.
• Melolontha colaspidoides Schönherr, C.J. 1817. Synonymia Insectorum, oder Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insekten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum etc. geordnet. Eleutherata Order Käfer. Pt 3 Hispa — Molorchus. Upsala : Bruzelius Vol. I 506 pp. [184] [nom. nud.].
• Diphucephala splendens Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa. Catalogue of insects collected by Captain King, R.N. pp. 438-457 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [publication date 15 April 1826 Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain King's narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6: 257–259 ("an initial small issue was published in the first half of 1826 and a second much larger issue in 1827")] [440].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Australia.
• Diphucephala lineatocollis Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp. [201].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dalla Torre, K.W. von 1912. Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae I, II, III. pp. 1-290 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Scarabaeidae II. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XX Pts 45, 47, 49. [80]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

General References

McQuillan, P.B. 1985. The identification of root-feeding cockchafer larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) found in pastures in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 509-546 [539]

 

History of changes

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