Species Heteronyx chlorotica (Gyllenhall, 1817)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melolontha chlorotica Gyllenhal, L. 1817. Sistens descriptiones novarum specierum. pp. 1-144, Tab. 5 & 6 in Schönherr, C. J. (ed.). Appendix ad C. J. Schönherr Synonymiam Insectorum. Scaris : Lewerentziana Vol. I(3) 266 pp. [178].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).
• Melolontha chlorotica Schönherr, C.J. 1817. Synonymia Insectorum, oder Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insekten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum etc. geordnet. Eleutherata Order Käfer. Pt 3 Hispa — Molorchus. Upsala : Bruzelius Vol. I 506 pp. [178] [nom. nud.].
• Heteronyx fissiceps Blackburn, T. 1890. Revision of the genus Heteronyx with descriptions of new species. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 1217-1246 [1238].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Mulwala, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 1 specimen, Mulwala, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [500].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [227]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

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)