Species Lissotes obtusatus (Westwood, 1838)

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Species Lissotes obtusatus (Westwood, 1838)

Dorcus obtusatus Westwood, J.O. 1838. Lucanidarum novarum exoticarum Descriptiones, cum Monographia Generum Nigidii et Figuli. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 5: 259-268 [267].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM 318 2♂, TAS (as Van Diemen's Land).
Lissotes opacus Deyrolle, H. 1870. [New species descriptions]. 80 & 97 in Parry, F.J.S. A revised catalogue of the Lucanoid Coleoptera; with remarks on the nomenclature, and descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1870: 53-118 [97].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, TAS (as Van Diemen's Land).
Lissotes parvus Lea, A.M. 1910. Notes on the genus Lissotes, with descriptions of new species. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1910: 346-366 [364].
Type data:

Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) ♂ ♀, Hobart, TAS; SAMA, Hobart, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Bomans, H.E. 1986. Descriptions de nouvelles espèces australiennes de Lucanides (43e contribution à l'étude des Coléoptères Lucanides). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie ns 3(1): 3-19 [18] (synonymises Lissotes opacus Deyrolle, 1870)
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. [14] (synonymise Lissotes parvus Lea, 1910)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), 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
- Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, terrestrial.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae under fallen eucalypt logs.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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