Species Heteronyx dimidiata (Erichson, 1842)
- Silopa dimidiata 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 [163].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, TAS (as Vandiemansland). - Cotidia australis 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] [juniour homonym of Heteronyx australis Guérin-Méneville 1831].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande). - Heteronyx fallax 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 [672].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA, NSW. - Heteronyx fraternus 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 [673].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH (destroyed, see 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 33: 146–230 [196]), Port Lincoln, SA. - Heteronyx jubatus 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 [669].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, southern Australia.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2 specimens, southern Australia.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [506]. - Heteronyx striatipennis 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. [111].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP, TAS.
Paralectotype(s) ANIC 1 specimen, TAS.Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [506].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [506]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling 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) |