Species Heteronyx tasmanicus Blackburn, 1909

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Species Heteronyx tasmanicus Blackburn, 1909

Heteronyx tasmanicus 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 [54].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, TAS.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2 specimens, TAS.
Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [554].
Heteronyx quaesitus 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 [54].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Dividing Range, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [554]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

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, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), 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), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

General References

McQuillan, P.B. 1985. The identification of root-feeding cockchafer larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) found in pastures in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 509-546 [542]

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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