Species Heteronyx simulator Blackburn, 1889

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Species Heteronyx simulator Blackburn, 1889

Heteronyx simulator 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] [1355].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Adelaide, SA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2 specimens (as cotypes), Adelaide district, SA; SAMA 2 specimens (as cotypes), VIC.
Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [549].
Heteronyx intermedius Blackburn, T. 1909. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 18-81 [75].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Blue Mts, NSW.
Heteronyx thoracicus Blackburn, T. 1909. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 33: 18-81 [76].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 1 specimen, locality unknown; BMNH 1 specimen, locality unknown.
Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [549].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [549]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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