Genus Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, 1858

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Genus Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, 1858

Dromaeolus Kiesenwetter, H. von 1858. Naturgeschichte der Insekten Deutschlands. Coleoptera Elateridae. Berlin : Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Vol. 4(2) 177-384 pp. [198].
Type species:
Eucnemis barnabita Villa, 1838 by monotypy.
Melanus Broun, T. 1881. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Wellington : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department Part 2 viii 653-744 pp. [676].
Type species:
Melanus sculptus Broun, 1881 by monotypy.
Megathambus Reitter, E. 1911. Fauna Germanica. Die Käfer des Deutschen Reiches. Stuttgart : K.G. Lutz Vol. 3 436 pp. pls 81-128. [201].
Type species:
Dromaeolus maronita Bonvouloir, 1871 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Muona, J. 1993. Review of the phylogeny, classification and biology of the family Eucnemidae (Coleoptera). Entomologica Scandinavica. Supplementum 44: 1-133 [Date published Feb. 1, 1993] [54]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

Schenkling, S. 1928. Melasidae. pp. 1-110 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 96. [27]

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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