Species Lepidiota squamulata Waterhouse, 1875

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• Lepidiota squamulata Waterhouse, C.O. 1875. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1875(ii): 191-206 [201].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Swan River, WA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH, unknown.

  Subsequent designation references:

  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.
• Lepidiota darwini Blackburn, T. 1888. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 805-875 [850].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 2790T ♂ (Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset)), NT.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA I.507, 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].
• Lepidiota leai 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] [57].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 7902 ♂ (Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset)), WA.

  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 rugosipennis Lea, A.M. 1924. On some Australian Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 283-312 [310].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA 5533, SAMA Database No. 25-034900 ♂, Cairns, QLD [16.93°S, 145.25°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].

 

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 [79]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SE coastal, N coastal, W plateau, Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, NSW, QLD, NT, WA; Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva pest of sugar cane.

 

General References

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

Chandler, K.J. & Chapman, F.L. 1989. Notes on the life cycle and pest status of Lepidiota squamulata Waterhouse and Lepidiota grata Blackburn (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) in Queensland sugar cane. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Sugar Cane Technology 11: 100-105

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Aug-2021	SCARABAEIDAE	01-Jun-2021	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)