Species Heteronyx concolor Macleay, 1871
- Heteronyx concolor Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [196].
Type data:
Lectotype ANIC(MMUS), Gayndah, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [501]. - Heteronyx cowelli Blackburn, T. 1894. Notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Part XV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 9: 85-108 [96].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, near Cairns, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2 specimens, near Cairns, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [501]. - Heteronyx oscillator 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 [678].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, NT (as Northern Territory of SA). - Heteronyx pauper 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 [182].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, N QLD. - Heteronyx puer 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 [217].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, N QLD. - Heteronyx sparsus Blackburn, T. 1889. Revision of the genus Heteronyx with descriptions of new species. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 425-444 [Date published 20 Sept. 1889] [440].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, NT (as Northern Territory of SA).Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [501]. - Heteronyx suturalis Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 27-60 [Date published Jul., 1895] [37].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Lake Callabonna, SA.
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]
- Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [501]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin
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) |