Species Heterocerus mastersii W.J. Macleay, 1871
- Heterocerus mastersii Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [173].
Type data:
Lectotype AM K209333 ♂, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E].
Paralectotype(s) AM ♀; ANIC(MMUS) ♂ ♀.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 [214]. - Heterocerus australasiae Waterhouse, C.O. 1874. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874(4): 535-548 [536].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, WA; exact locality unknown.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 [214]. - Heterocerus victoriae 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] [133].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Alpine district, VIC.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 [214].
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 [214]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, 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
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal
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) |