Species Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn, 1912

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Species Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn, 1912

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Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn, T. 1912. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XLII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: 40-75 [Date published Dec. 31, 1912] [63].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 7898 ♂ (Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset)), Mackay, QLD [21.14°S, 149.18°E].
Subsequent designation references:
Allsopp, P.G. 2020. Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950. Zootaxa 4885(4): 451–486 [Date published 27/11/2020].
Lepidiota deceptrix Blackburn, T. 1912. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. XLII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: 40-75 [Date published Dec. 31, 1912] [59].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 7895 ♀ (Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset)), QLD.
Subsequent designation references:
Allsopp, P.G. 2020. Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950. Zootaxa 4885(4): 451–486 [Date published 27/11/2020].
Lepidiota mungomeryi Britton, E.B. 1963. A new species of Lepidiota (Coleoptera: Melolonthinae) affecting sugar cane in Queensland. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 2: 4-5 [4].
Type data:
Holotype QM ♂, Bundaberg, QLD.
Paratype(s) BMNH; ANIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Britton, E.B. 1978. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 2. Tribe Melolonthini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 60: 1-150 [57] (as first reviser, chose negatoria over deceptrix in spite of the fact that the latter had page priority, because the type of negatoria is a male and provided additional specific characters in the aedeagus)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva pest of sugar cane.

General References

Allsopp, P.G. 1990. Sexual dimorphism in the adult antennae of Antitrogus parvulus Britton and Lepidiota negatoria Blackburn (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 29: 261-266

Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp.

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)
04-Aug-2021	SCARABAEIDAE	01-Jun-2021	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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