Species Diphucephala prasina Macleay, 1886

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• Diphucephala prasina Macleay, W.J. 1886. Miscellanea entomologica. No. I — The genus Diphucephala. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 381-402 [399].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens, Bargo, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Britton, E.B. & Stanbury, P.J. 1981. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VIII. Insects: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 105(4): 241-293.
• Diphucephala kershawi Blackburn, T. 1897. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 21: 88-98 [89].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, VIC.

 

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. [82]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

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)