Species Lamprima aenea (Fabricius, 1792)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lethrus aeneus Fabricius, J.C. 1792. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1(1) xx 330 pp. [2].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (possibly lost), Norfolk Is.
• Lamprima schreibersii Hope, F.W. & Westwood, J.O. 1845. A Catalogue of the Lucanoid Coleoptera in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, M.A., F.R.S., etc., together with Descriptions of the new species therein contained. London : J.C. Bridgewater 31 pp. [3] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Lamprima aenea Fabricius, 1792 sensu Schreibers, 1802].
• Lamprima subrugosa Hope, F.W. & Westwood, J.O. 1845. A Catalogue of the Lucanoid Coleoptera in the collection of the Rev. F.W. Hope, M.A., F.R.S., etc., together with Descriptions of the new species therein contained. London : J.C. Bridgewater 31 pp. [28].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♂, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Benesh, B. 1960. Lucanidae. pp. 1-178 in Hincks, W.D. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Gravenhage : W. Junk Part 8. [47]
• Lisle, M.O. de 1975. Lamprima viridis Erichson = Lamprina aenea F. Note sur la position systématique de quelques Coleoptera Lucanidae, avec la description de cinque espèces nouvelles. Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie 5: 261-274 [265]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Norfolk Island
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae in rotten wood.

 

General References

Reid, C.A.M., Smith, K. & Beatson, M. 2018. Revision of the genus Lamprima Latreille, 1804 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 4446(2): 151-202 [163, Figs 2, 16, 23, 34, 47, 63, 77, 90]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Feb-2019	Lampriminae W.S. MacLeay, 1819	02-Jan-2019	MODIFIED
		18-Feb-2013	MODIFIED