Species Liparetrus melanocephalus Blackburn, 1895

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• Liparetrus melanocephalus Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 27-60 [Date published Jul., 1895] [34].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA, Lake Callabonna, SA.
  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 [119]; 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)).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

W plateau, SA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Finke (FIN), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin
  • Western Australia: W plateau

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)