Species Maechidius sordidus (Boisduval, 1835)

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Species Maechidius sordidus (Boisduval, 1835)

Geobatus sordidus Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp. [215].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
Maechidius raddonianus Westwood, J.O. 1842. Maechidius, MacL., a genus of Lamellicorn beetles, with descriptions and figures of some new genera belonging to the same tribe. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8: 457-458 [457] [spelled elsewhere as raddonanus by Westwood, J.O. 1845. On the genus Maechidius of Macleay. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 78–83 (82) and subsequent authors].
Type data:
Holotype OUM, Port Phillip, Australia.
Secondary source:
Westwood, J.O. 1845. On the genus Maechidius of Macleay. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 78-83.

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. [161]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin, VIC, NSW, SA.

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

ACT, SA: Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

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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