Species Mastachilus polyphyllus (W.S. Macleay, 1826)

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• Passalus polyphyllus Macleay, W.S. 1826. Annulosa. Catalogue of insects collected by Captain King, R.N. pp. 438-457 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [publication date 15 April 1826 Common, I.F.B. & Moulds, M.S. 1973. The date of publication of Captain King's narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History 6: 257–259 ("an initial small issue was published in the first half of 1826 and a second much larger issue in 1827")] [439].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ANIC(MMUS), Australia.
• Passalus sexdentatus Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Dissertatio de coleopterorum genere Passalus. Mémoires de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou ns 7: 13-28 [23].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Australia.

  Secondary source:

   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].
• Passalus hexaphyllus 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. [241].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
• Passalus impressicollis Boheman, C.H. 1858. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden unter Befäll af C.A. Virgin 1851–53. Vetenskapliga Jakttagelser etc. (Coleoptera). Stockholm : Norstedt Vol. 1 112 pp. [40].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM, Sydney, NSW (as Sidney, Nova Hollandia).
• Mastochilus abdominipunctatus Kuwert, A.F. 1898. Die Passaliden dichotomisch bearbeitet. Novitates Zoologicae 5: 259-349 [335].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB, Sydney (as Port Jackson), NSW.

 

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]
• Dibb, J.R. 1938. Synopsis of Australian Passalidae (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 87: 103-124 [116]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults inhabit and feed on rotten wood.

 

History of changes

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