Species Maechidius divergens (Waterhouse, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epholcis divergens Waterhouse, C.O. 1875. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1875(ii): 191-206 [192].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Cape York, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Britton, E.B. 1957. A Revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). London : British Museum Vol. 1 vii 185 pp. 42 pls. [176] (re type).
• Maechidius albertisi Fairmaire, L. 1877. Diagnoses de Coléoptères australiens et mélanésiens. Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques 2(180): 166–167 [15 Sept. 1877] [166].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, MNHP, locality unknown.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Britton, E.B. 1957. A Revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). London : British Museum Vol. 1 vii 185 pp. 42 pls. [176]

 

Generic Combinations

• Maechidius divergens (Waterhouse, 1875).

 

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), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

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)