Species Figulus sulcicollis Hope & Westwood, 1845

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• Figulus sulcicollis Hope, F.W. & Westwood, J.O. 1845. A Catalogue of the Lucanoid Coleoptera in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, M.A., F.R.S., etc., together with Descriptions of the new species therein contained. London : J.C. Bridgewater 31 pp. [26].

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUM 328, Port Esssington, NT.
  Paralectotype(s) OUM 328.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Bomans, H.E. 1986. 50e contribution à l'étude des coléoptères lucanides. Notes synonymiques et diverses, et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles du genre Figulus Macleay (1e partie). Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France 51: 7-15 [9].
• Figulus mento Albers, G. 1883. Beiträge zur Kenntnifs exotischer Lucaniden. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 27: 221-230 [226].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB, New Guinea.
• Figulus mento foveatus Kriesche, R. 1922. Zur Kenntnis der Lucaniden. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 83: 115-137 [134].

  Type data:

   Holotype BSM ♂, North QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Benesh, B. 1960. Lucanidae. pp. 1-178 in Hincks, W.D. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Gravenhage : W. Junk Part 8. [26] (synonymised Figulus mento foveatus with Figulus mento)
• Monte, C., Zilioli, M. & Bartolozz, L. 2016. Revision of the Australian species of Figulus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 4189(3): 447–484 [473] (synonymised Figulus mento and Figulus mento foveatus with Figulus sulcicollis)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cairns, Innisfail, Torres Strait Ils. New Guinea: Indonesian Papua, Papua New Guinea; Raja Ampat Archipelago: Misool Island; Moluccan Archipelago: Bacan Islands. Records from South Australia, Victoria, and Western Australia probably need confirmation.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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

Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae in rotten wood.

 

General References

Monte, C., Zilioli, M. & Bartolozz, L. 2016. Revision of the Australian species of Figulus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 4189(3): 447–484 [473–478, figs 25–29] (redescription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Dec-2016	LUCANIDAE	29-Nov-2016	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)