Species Heteronyx frontalis Blackburn, 1889

Museums

Regional Maps

• Heteronyx frontalis Blackburn, T. 1889. Revision of the genus Heteronyx with descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3(1888): 1321-1362 [Date published 22 Mar. 1889] [1336].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, NT (as Northern Territory of SA).
• Heteronyx nitidus Blackburn, T. 1890. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 553-592 [Date published Dec. 16, 1890] [559].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Yilgarn, WA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [511].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [511]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: SW 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)