Species Glycyphana (Caloglycyphana) pulchra (Macleay, 1871)

Museums

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• Schizorhina pulchra Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [203].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, Gayndah, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ ♀.

  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 [124].
• Glycyphana subdepressa Blackburn, T. 1890. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part VI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 147-156 [Date published Dec. 31, 1890] [151].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, N QLD.

 

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 [124]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Murray-Darling basin, QLD, NSW.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

 

History of changes

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