Species Heterocerus flindersi Blackburn, 1888
- Heterocerus flindersi Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [205].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Port Lincoln, SA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2♀ (labelled cotypes), on the banks of the Torrens [River] near Adelaide, SA.Subsequent designation references:
Charpentier, R. 1968. A monograph of the family Heteroceridae (Coleoptera) of the Notogean Region. Arkiv för Zoologi 2 20(11): 205-241 [230]. - Heterocerus indistinctus Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 65-153 [Date published July 1891] [134].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, on the banks of the river Ovens, VIC.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2♀, Victorian Alps, VIC; RIB 1♀, without locality.Subsequent designation references:
Charpentier, R. 1968. A monograph of the family Heteroceridae (Coleoptera) of the Notogean Region. Arkiv för Zoologi 2 20(11): 205-241 [230]. - Heterocerus caledoniae Grouvelle, A. 1903. Descriptions de Clavicornes de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Revue d'Entomologie 22: 173-202 [201].
Type data:
Lectotype RIB ♂, Anse Vata, New Caledonia.
Paralectotype(s) RIB 1, Koné, New Caledonia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Charpentier, R. 1968. A monograph of the family Heteroceridae (Coleoptera) of the Notogean Region. Arkiv för Zoologi 2 20(11): 205-241 [230]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal
- New Caledonia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: algae feeder, closed forest, fossorial, volant.
Larva: algae feeder, burrower.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |