Species Phalacrognathus muelleri (Macleay, 1885)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lamprima muelleri Macleay, W.J. 1885. Revision of the genus Lamprima of Latreille, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 129-140 [135].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, N Australia.
• Phalacrognathus westwoodi Shipp, J.W. 1893. On a new species of the genus Phalacrognathus, McLeay. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1893: 223-225 [223].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♂, N Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Boileau, H. 1913. Notes sur Lucanides conservés dans les collections de l'Université d'Oxford et du British Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1913: 213-272 [218]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

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, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae in wet, rotten timber.

 

General References

Brunet, B.L. 1981. Some observations of the North Queensland stag beetle Lucanidae. North Queensland Naturalist 45: 12-13 (biology)

Wood, G.A., Hasenpusch, J. & Storey, R.I. 1996. The life history of Phalacrognathus muelleri (Macleay) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Australian Entomologist 23(2): 37-48 (life history)

 

History of changes

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