Species Pepila fuscomaculata (Baly, 1877)

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• Chaetocnema fuscomaculata Baly, J.S. 1877. Descriptions of new genera and species of uncharacterized species of Halticinae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1877(2): 157-184 [174].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Numbers not provided ♂, Western Australia (specific locality not mentioned) [Lat/Long not provided].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2003. Pepila Weise: Taxonomic identity of the genus and revision of the megalopoides species-group, and description of two new species from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). European Journal of Entomology 100(3): 371-379.

Generic Combinations

• Plectroscelis fuscomaculata (Baly, 1877). —
  Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 233-259
• Pepila fuscomaculata (Baly, 1877). —
  Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2003. Pepila Weise: Taxonomic identity of the genus and revision of the megalopoides species-group, and description of two new species from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). European Journal of Entomology 100(3): 371-379

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

General References

Biondi, M. & D'Alessandro, P. 2003. Revision of the Pepila fuscomaculata species-group and description of four new species from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 42: 313-326 (Re-description)

History of changes