Species Mastachilus australasicus (Percheron, 1841)

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Species Mastachilus australasicus (Percheron, 1841)

Passalus australasicus Percheron, A.R. 1841. Révision critique et supplément à la monographie du genre Passalus. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 2 3: 1-48 [6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Australia.
Secondary source:
Kaup, J.J. 1871. Monographie der Passaliden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 15: 1-125 [47].
Mastachilus macleayi Kaup, J.J. 1868. Prodromus zu einer Monographie der Passaliden. Coleopterologische Hefte 3: 4-32 [20].
Type data:
Holotype Australia (as Neuholland).
Episphenoides mulleri Kuwert, A.F. 1891. Systematische Übersicht der Passaliden-Arten und Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1891: 161-192 [165].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Australia (as Neuholland).
Episphenoides perinvitus Kuwert, A.F. 1891. Systematische Übersicht der Passaliden-Arten und Gattungen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1891: 161-192 [165].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Australia (as Neuholland).
Episphenoides distans Kuwert, A.F. 1898. Die Passaliden dichotomisch bearbeitet. Novitates Zoologicae 5: 259-349 [328].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHP, Australia (as Neu Holland).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Hincks, W.D. & Dibb, J.R. 1935. Passalidae. pp. 1-118 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Lucanidae — Passalidae — Scarabaeidae I. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. XIX Pt 142. [88]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

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

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults inhabit and feed on rotten wood.

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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