Species Heteronyx cervina (Boisduval, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sericesthis cervina 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 data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
• Silopa tempestiva 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 [164].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMB, TAS (as Vandiemansland).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [499]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

History of changes

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