Species Liparochrus (Liparochrus) sculptilis Westwood, 1852

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• Liparochrus sculptilis Westwood, J.O. 1852. On the lamellicorn beetles which possess exserted mandibles and labrum, and 10-jointed antennae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London ns 2: 59-74 [70].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, ?Mundarra, VIC. Westwood gave the type locality as Mundarra River (as propre fluvium Mundarra); no such locality can be found, although there are two homesteads in VIC, named Mundarra.
• Liparochrus ciliboides Harold, E. von 1875. Diagnosen neuer Arten. Coleopterologische Hefte 14: 137-140 [138].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Paulian, R. 1980. Révision taxonomique des Liparochrus Erichson, genre Australo-Mélanésien de Coléoptères Hybosoridae, Scarabaeoidea. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France ns 16: 389-433 [427].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Allsopp, P.G. 1984. Checklist of the Hybosorinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 38: 105-117 [108]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, 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), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: coprophagous, necrophagous, volant.

Larva: necrophagous.

Extra Ecological Information

At rotting fruit.

 

History of changes

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