Species Heteronyx horridus Blackburn, 1889

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• Heteronyx horridus 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] [1342].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, locality unknown.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [515].

 

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), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), 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: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

General References

Morgan, D.F. 1977. Swarming behaviour in the Australian beetle, Heteronyx obesus, with notes on related species. Ecological Entomology 2: 91-96

 

History of changes

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