Species Lyraphora bassii (White, 1847)

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• Schizorhina (Diaphonia) bassii White, A. 1847. Remarks on some Cetoniadae, with the description of a new Australian species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20: 264-267 [264] [Schizorhina bassi is an unjustified emendation, see Allsopp (2023)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Allsopp, P.G. 2023. Confusion in the names of some Queensland Scarabaeoidea (coleoptera): original spelling, prevailing usage or homonymy. Australian Entomologist 50(2): 47-62 [54].

 

Generic Combinations

• Lyraphora bassii (White, 1847). —
  Lea, A.M. 1914. Notes on Australian Cetoniides; with a list of species and descriptions of some new ones. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 132-218 [139] (new combination)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults feed on nectar and pollen, larvae in rotten wood.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
17-Nov-2022	SCARABAEIDAE	20-Nov-2024	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		06-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)