Subspecies Papuana woodlarkiana woodlarkiana (Montrouzier, 1855)

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Regional Maps

• Scarabaeus woodlarkianus Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1-114 [21].

  Type data:

   Neotype ♂, Stephansort, Astrolabe Bay, Irian Jaya, Indonesia (as Stephansort, Astrolabe Bai, D. N. Guinea).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Endrödi, S. 1971. Monographie der Dynastinae. Tribus: Pentodontini (papuanische und pazifische Inselwelt). (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia: Melolonthidae). Pacific Insects 13: 243-320 [270].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Melanesia: Papua New Guinea, Indonesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

 

General References

Brooks, J.G. 1965. New records of Coleoptera in Australia. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 4: 85 (distribution)

Endrödi, S. 1971. Monographie der Dynastinae. Tribus: Pentodontini (papuanische und pazifische Inselwelt). (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia: Melolonthidae). Pacific Insects 13: 243-320 (distribution)

 

History of changes

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