Species Lepidiota perkinsi Blackburn, 1912
- Lepidiota perkinsi 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] [56].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 7900 ♂, Cairns, QLD [16.93°S, 145.25°E].
Paralectotype(s) SAMA, same as lectotype; SAMA 8900, same as lectotype; SAMA I.816, 8900, same as lectotype; BMNH 7900 ♀ (Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset)), same as lectotype.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].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: volant.
Larva: soil dweller.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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04-Aug-2021 | SCARABAEIDAE | 01-Jun-2021 | MODIFIED | |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |