Species Heteronyx torvus Blackburn, 1889

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Species Heteronyx torvus Blackburn, 1889

Heteronyx torvus 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] [1335].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Adelaide district, SA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2 specimens, Adelaide district and near Sedan, SA.
Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 2000. A review of Heteronyx Guérin-Méneville (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 14(4): 465-589 [556].

Distribution

States

South Australia, 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

SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

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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