Species Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817
Golden Stag Beetle
Type data:
Holotype ♂, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).- Lucanus coeruleus Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [table 1] [cited as 'aeneus (var. coeruleus) Donov. Ins. N. Holl. tab. i. (fig. inf. med.)' in Parry, F.J.S. 1864. A catalogue of Lucanoid Coleoptera; with illustrations and descriptions of various new and interesting species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 3 2: 1–113 (69); the copy of Donovan (1805) available to the authors makes no reference to coeruleus on the plate or in the text; the fig. referred to by Parry as 'inf. med.' is labelled aeneus; the evidence suggests that more than one version of Donovan's 1805 work existed and it is therefore questionable whether Donovan 1805 is a valid publication].
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Status unknown, BMNH, Australia (as New Holland). Type data:
Status unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).- Lamprima latreillii Macleay, W.S. 1819. Horae Entomologicae: or essays on the Annulose animals. London : S. Bagster Vol. I Pt 1 159 pp. pls I-III. [101].
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Holotype ANIC(MMUS), Australia, no exact type locality specified. - Lamprima pygmaea Macleay, W.S. 1819. Horae Entomologicae: or essays on the Annulose animals. London : S. Bagster Vol. I Pt 1 159 pp. pls I-III. [101].
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Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, Australia, no exact type locality specified. - Lamprima fulgida Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp. [231].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Waigeu Is., Papua New Guinea (as l'île de Waigiou). - Lamprima micardi Reiche, L.J. 1841. Note sur le genre Lamprima, et description d'une nouvelle espèce. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 4: 50-51 [51].
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Syntype(s) Swan River, WA (as Australasiae versus fluvium Cygnorum). - Lamprima viridis Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [109].
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Syntype(s) ZMB 2♂, TAS (as von Vandiemensland). - Lamprima rutilans Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [109, 170].
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Syntype(s) TAS (as von Vandiemensland). - Lamprima splendens Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [108] [type not seen and description inadequate; based on the known distribution of Lamprima latreillii Macleay, this name may be incorrectly placed; it may be a synomym of Lamprima aurata Latreille].
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Syntype(s) TAS (as von Vandiemensland). Type data:
Holotype OUM 344 ♂, TAS.- Lamprima nigricollis 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].
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Holotype OUM 345 ♀, WA. - Lamprima purpurascens 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].
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Holotype OUM 343 ♂, WA. Type data:
Holotype OUM 342 ♂, Swan River, WA.- Lamprima varians Burmeister, H.C.C. 1847. Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Xylophila et Pectinicornia. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 5 viii 584 pp. [415].
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Syntype(s) Adelaide, SA. - Lamprima cultridens Burmeister, H.C.C. 1847. Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Xylophila et Pectinicornia. Berlin : T.C.F. Enslin Vol. 5 viii 584 pp. [416].
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Holotype MLUH ♂, Australia (as Neu-Holland). - Lamprima amplicollis Thomson, J. 1862. Catalogue des Lucanides de la Collection de M. James Thomson suivi d'un Appendix renfermant la description des Coupes génériques et spécifiques nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 2: 389-436 [410].
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Syntype(s) MNHP, Moreton Bay, QLD. - Lamprima krefftii Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [173].
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Holotype AM K464733 ♂, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E]. - Lamprima violacea Macleay, W.J. 1885. Revision of the genus Lamprima of Latreille, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 129-140 [138].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Botany Bay, NSW. - Lamprima mandibularis Macleay, W.J. 1885. Revision of the genus Lamprima of Latreille, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 129-140 [139].
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Status unknown, ANIC(MMUS) ♂ ♀, Herbert River district, QLD. - Lamprima latreillei var. sericea Macleay, W.J. 1885. Revision of the genus Lamprima of Latreille, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 129-140 [132].
- Lamprima nigripennis Macleay, W.J. 1885. Revision of the genus Lamprima of Latreille, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 129-140 [137].
- Lamprima minima Macleay, W.J. 1885. Revision of the genus Lamprima of Latreille, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 129-140 [138].
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Holotype ANIC(MMUS) ♂, SA. - Lamprima aurata mariae Lea, A.M. 1910. On Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 22(2): 113-152, pl. 30 [dated 1909] [131].
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Syntype(s) SAMA 6 specimens, Maria Is., TAS. - Lamprima puncticollis Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1836. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Father & Sons Vol. 1–4 3, 384 pp. [193] [nom. nud.].
- Lamprima coerulea Boileau, 1913 [nom. nud.].
- Lamprima insularis Macleay, W.J. 1885. Revision of the genus Lamprima of Latreille, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 129-140 [137] [nom. nud.].
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Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2♂ 2♀, Lord Howe Is.
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]
- Moore, B. P. & Cassis, G. 1992. Lucanidae. pp. 4-19 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp. [6] (based on an examination of types and known distribution)
- Reid, C.A.M., Smith, K. & Beatson, M. 2018. Revision of the genus Lamprima Latreille, 1804 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 4446(2): 151-202 [171-172]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae in rotten wood.
General References
Alderson, J. 1975. Descriptions of the larvae of four species of Lucanidae (Stag Beetle). Victorian Naturalist 92: 71-79 (as Lamprima varians)
Fearn, S. 1996. Observations on the life history and habits of the stag beetle Lamprima aurata (Latreille) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Tasmania. Australian Entomologist 23(4): 133-138 (life history)
Froggatt, W.W. 1915. Notes and exhibits. Note on the life-history of Lamprima latreillei. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40: 210 (as Lamprima latreillii)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2020 | SCARABAEOIDEA | 10-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Feb-2019 | Lampriminae W.S. MacLeay, 1819 | 31-Jan-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |