Species Glycyphana (Caloglycyphana) papua (Wallace, 1867)

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Species Glycyphana (Caloglycyphana) papua (Wallace, 1867)

Eurynomia papua Wallace, A.R. 1867. Brief diagnoses of the novelties. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1867: 92-97 [Date published 30/Dec/1867] [95].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH Papua New Guinea/77.15 ♀, Pulau Misool (as Mysol) Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH Mysol/77.15 ♀; BMNH Mysol/61.24 ♀.
Subsequent designation references:
Bacchus, M.E. 1974. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Glycyphana Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 111-128 [125].
Glycyphana ochreonotata Lea, A.M. 1914. Notes on Australian Cetoniides; with a list of species and descriptions of some new ones. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 132-218 [197].
Type data:
Lectotype SAMA ♂, Coen River, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♂.
Subsequent designation references:
Bacchus, M.E. 1974. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Glycyphana Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 111-128 [126]; Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992. Cetoniinae. pp. 426-454 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp. [430] (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Bacchus, M.E. 1974. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Glycyphana Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 111-128 [125]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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