Species Heteronyx australis Guérin-Méneville, 1831
- Heteronyx australis 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 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 data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).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. - Heteronyx conjunctus Blackburn, T. 1910. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XL. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 146–230 [204].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, N QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [495]. - Heteronyx pubescens Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [194] [junior homonym of Silopa pubescens Erichson, 1842].
Type data:
Holotype AM, Gayndah, QLD. - Heteronyx erichsoni Blackburn, T. 1910. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XL. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 146–230 [197] [replacement name for Heteronyx pubescens Macleay, 1871].
- Heteronyx farinensis Blackburn, T. 1910. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XL. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 146–230 [205].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Farina, SA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 1 specimen, Farina, SA.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [495]. - Heteronyx hackeri Blackburn, T. 1910. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XL. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 146–230 [205].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Coen, QLD. - Heteronyx olliffi Blackburn, T. 1910. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XL. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 146–230 [203].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Tweed River, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [495]. - Heteronyx castaneus Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [194] [junior homonym of Heteronyx castaneus Blanchard, 1846].
Type data:
Lectotype AM, Gayndah, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Gayndah, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [495]. - Heteronyx pseudocastaneus Houston, W.W.K. & Weir, T.A. 1992. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. [223] [replacement name for Heteronyx castaneus Macleay, 1871].
- Heteronyx vagans Blackburn, T. 1890. Revision of the genus Heteronyx with descriptions of new species. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 661-706 [694].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Albury, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 3 specimens, Albury and Sydney, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [495].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [495]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, 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), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), 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 Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, S Gulfs
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: soil dweller.
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) |