Species Nephrodopus enigma Sharp, 1873

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• Nephrodopus enigma Sharp, D. 1873. Description de nouveaux genres et de nouvelles espèces de Coléoptères Lamellicornes. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 3 1: 262-273 [269].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP EC6768 ♂ (designation as a lectotype by Endrodi (1974) unjustified), Cape York, QLD (as Nov.-Holl. sept).

  Secondary source:

   Endrödi, S. 1974. Monographie der Dynastinae. 4. Tribus: Pentodontini von Australien und Neu-Zeeland (Coleoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica ns 27: 17-70 [18].
• Nephrodopus thauma Prell, H. 1912. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Dynastinen. IX. Neubeschreibungen und Synonymische Bemerkungen. Koleopterologische Rundschau. Wien 1: 101-108 [105].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, ZMB, ?Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [151].
• Nephrodopus enigma niger Lea, A.M. 1917. Results of the South Australian Museum expedition to Strzelecki and Cooper creeks, September and October, 1916. (n) Insecta. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 41: 489-630, pls 33-37 [includes descriptions of some species not from the expedition] [575].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Alligator River, NT.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [151]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

NE coastal, N Gulf, N coastal, QLD, NT.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder.

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