Genus Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville, 1831

Museums

Regional Maps

• Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1831. Insectes. Pls 1–21. In, Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majest., La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 sous le ministère de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence M. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Paris : A. Bertrand. [Date published 1830-1832] [pl. 3 fig. 9] [the plate with the generic name appeared in 1831, but the text was not published until 1838 in Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Insectes. pp. 57–302 in Duperrey, L-I. (ed). Voyage Autour du Monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les années 1822–1825. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 2 Pt. 2 Div.1 Ch.13 [80]; the publication date was established from Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp. [133], and Cowan, C.F. 1970. The insects of the Coquille voyage. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5: 358–360 [359]].

  Type species:

   Heteronyx australis Guérin-Méneville, 1831 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Insectes. pp. 57-302 in Duperrey, L-I. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les années 1822–1825. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 2 Pt. 2 Div.1 Ch.13.; Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp.; Cowan, C.F. 1970. The insects of the Coquille voyage. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5(5): 358-360.
• Cotidia Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp. [208].

  Type species:

   Cotidia australis Boisduval, 1835 by monotypy.
• Silopa Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [161].

  Type species (included species):

   Silopa glabrata Erichson, 1842; Silopa fumata Erichson, 1842; Silopa hepatica Erichson, 1842; Silopa dimidiata Erichson, 1842; Silopa nigella Erichson, 1842; Silopa pubescens Erichson, 1842; Silopa tempestiva Erichson, 1842; Silopa praecox Erichson, 1842
• Hostilina Blanchard, C.E. 1850. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Catalogue de la Collection Entomologique. Classe des insectes. Ordre des Coléoptères. Paris : Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Vol. IV 128 pp. [112].

  Type species:

   Silopa praecox Erichson, 1842 by monotypy.
• Anacheirotus Blackburn, T. 1900. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 35-68 [Date published Aug. 1900] [39].

  Type species:

   Anacheirotus inornatus Blackburn, 1900 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Britton, E.B. 1987. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 685-799 [734] (erroneously synonymised Cotidia Boisduval, 1835 with Sericesthis Boisduval, 1935)
• Britton, E.B. 1988. Synopsis of the genera of Australian Heteronycini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 27: 27-36 [36]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea, New Caledonia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), 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), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), 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: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	04-Apr-2016	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)