Species Lissapterus pelorides (Westwood, 1855)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dorcus pelorides Westwood, J.O. 1855. Descriptions of some new species of exotic Lucanidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London ns 3: 197-221 [220].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Moreton Bay, QLD.
• Lissapterus montivagus Benesh, B. 1943. Descriptions of some new exotic species of stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 50: 37-49 [41].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 25,911 ♂, [Lamington] National Park, McPherson Range, 3–4000 ft, QLD.
  Paratype(s) ♂.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Moore, B. P. & Cassis, G. 1992. Lucanidae. pp. 4-19 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp. [12]

 

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: flightless, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae under fallen timber.

 

History of changes

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