Species Novapus bifidus Lea, 1910

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• Novapus bifidus Lea, A.M. 1910. Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees, and termites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 23(1): 116-230 pls XXV-XXVII [Date published Aug. 1910] [217, figs 50–51].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♂, Queensland, Cape York.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Allsopp, P.G. & Hudson, P.J. 2019. Novapus bifidus Carne, 1957, a primary homonym and synonym of Novapus bifidus Lea, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae). Zootaxa 4560(3): 576–578 [576].
• Novapus bifidus Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [71] [junior homonym].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Cape York (as C.Y.), QLD.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♂ ♀; BMNH ♂ ♀; NMV ♂; SAMA 2♂ ♀ (2 specimens seen, one with registration no. 14268).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

NE coastal, QLD; Torres Strait Ils: Thursday Is.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

General References

Carne, P.B. & Allsopp, P.G. 1987. Novapus macfarlandi sp. n. and notes on other species of Novapus Sharp (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26(4): 309-312 (distribution)

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