Species Liparetrus discipennis Guérin-Méneville, 1831

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• Liparetrus discipennis Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1831. Insectes. Pls 1–21. In, Duperrey, L.I. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la corvette de sa Majest., La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825 sous le ministère de S.E.M. Le Marquis de Clermont-Tonnerre, et publié sous les auspices de son Excellence M. Le Cte De Chabrol, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies. Histoire naturelle, zoologie. Paris : A. Bertrand. [Date published 1830-1832] [pl. 3 fig. 10] [the plate with the name appeared in 1831, but the text, including the type locality, was not published until 1838 in Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Insectes. pp. 57–302 in Duperrey, L-I. (ed). Voyage Autour du Monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les années 1822–1825. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 2 Pt. 2 Div.1 Ch.13 [90]; the publication date was established from Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp. [133], and Cowan, C.F. 1970. The insects of the Coquille voyage. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5: 358–360 [359]].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Sydney (as port Jakson), NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Insectes. pp. 57-302 in Duperrey, L-I. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, exécuté par ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les années 1822–1825. Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand Vol. 2 Pt. 2 Div.1 Ch.13.; Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp.; Cowan, C.F. 1970. The insects of the Coquille voyage. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 5(5): 358-360.
• Liparetrus assimilis Macleay, W.J. 1886. Miscellanea entomologica. No. II — The genus Liparetrus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 807-852 [828].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, NSW.
• Liparetrus canescens Macleay, W.J. 1886. Miscellanea entomologica. No. II — The genus Liparetrus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 807-852 [827].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC.

  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 [132].
• Liparetrus montanus Macleay, W.J. 1886. Miscellanea entomologica. No. II — The genus Liparetrus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 807-852 [829].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM, Monaro, NSW.
• Liparetrus puncticeps Lea, A.M. 1917. Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper creeks, September and October, 1916. (n) Insecta. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 489-630, pls 33-37 [includes descriptions of some species not from the expedition] [543].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I7852, Mt Lofty, SA.

 

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 [132]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • 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)