Species Liparetrus convexiusculus Macleay, 1883

Museums

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• Liparetrus convexiusculus Macleay, W.J. 1883. Notices of some undescribed species of Coleoptera in the Brisbane Museum. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 8: 409-416 [416].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM (apparently lost), (Britton, E.B. 1980. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 3. Tribe Liparetrini Genus Liparetrus. Aust. J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. 76: 1–209 (93) discusses the status of the type), locality unknown.
• Liparetrus acutangulus 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] [717].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♂, Brisbane, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♀.

  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 [93].

 

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 [93]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

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)