Species Liparetrus atratus Burmeister, 1855

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• Liparetrus atratus Burmeister, H.C.C. 1855. Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Phyllophaga Chaenochela. Berlin : Reimer Vol. 4 (2) x 570 pp. [196].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MLUH, TAS (as Van-Diemen's Land).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Britton, E.B. 1980. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 3. Tribe Liparetrini Genus Liparetrus. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 76: 1-209 [154]; Houston, W.W.K. & Weir, T.A. 1992. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
• Liparetrus parvidens Macleay, W.J. 1886. Miscellanea entomologica. No. II — The genus Liparetrus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 807-852 [824].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM, Cleveland Bay, QLD.
• Liparetrus obtusidens Macleay, W.J. 1886. Miscellanea entomologica. No. II — The genus Liparetrus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 807-852 [825].

  Type data:

   Holotype Bombala, NSW.
• Liparetrus intermedius Lea, A.M. 1919. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part xiv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 43(4): 715-746 [Date published Mar. 26, 1919] [719].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Cunnamulla, QLD.
• Liparetrus orthodoxus Lea, A.M. 1924. On some Australian Scarabaeidae (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 283-312 [289].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Bowen, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Britton, E.B. 1980. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 3. Tribe Liparetrini Genus Liparetrus. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 76: 1-209 [154]
• Britton, E.B. 1992. In Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera : Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. [260]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin, VIC, NSW, QLD.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, Qld, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)