Species Eupoecila australasiae (Donovan, 1805)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cetonia australasiae Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [page one of unnumbered text].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH, Botany Bay, NSW (as New Holland).
• Cetonia panzeri Swartz, O. 1817. [Species description]. pp. 49-50 in Schönherr, C.J. (ed.). Appendix ad C.J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum, Tom. I. Pt 3. Sistens Descriptiones Novarum Specierum. Scaris : Lewerentziana 266 pp. [50].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, RMNH, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gory, H.L. & Percheron, A.R. 1833. Monographie de Cétoines et genres voisons, formant, dans les families naturelles de Latreille, la division des Scarabées Mélitophiles. Paris : J.B. Baillière 403 pp., 77 pls. [161]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults feed on nectar and pollen, larvae in rotten wood.

 

General References

Alderson, J. 1976. Behaviour and larvae of two rose chafer beetles Eupoecila australasiae (Don), Diaphonia dorsalis (Don) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Victorian Naturalist 93: 86-91 (biology)

Froggatt, W.W. 1893. On the life-histories of Australian Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 8: 33-42 (biology)

 

History of changes

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01-Jul-2020		06-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)