Genus Metallesthes Kraatz, 1880

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Genus Metallesthes Kraatz, 1880

Metallesthes Kraatz, G. 1880. Genera Cetonidarum Australiae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 24: 177-214 [202] [incorrect citation of type species as Met. metallescens (Schiz.) White].
Type species:
Diaphonia metallescens White, 1859 by original designation, see Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992. Cetoniinae. pp. 426-454 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp. [446].

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Melanesia: Papua New Guinea.

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, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW) ; Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
Papua New Guinea

Distribution References

Allard, V. 1995. Les Coléoptères du Monde [The Beetles of the World]. Schizorhinini 1. English text by Brian Morris. Venette, France : Sciences Nat Vol. 23 152 pp. [Date published May-95] [45]

General References

Moeseneder, C.H., Hutchinson, P.M. & Lambkin, C.L. 2014. Revision of the genus Metallesthes Kraatz and description of Metallesthes anneliesae, a new species of Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. Zootaxa 3881(4): 301-327

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)
02-May-2019	Cetoniinae	08-Dec-2014	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
01-Jul-2020		06-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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