Species Phyllotocus rufipennis (Boisduval, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Macrothops rufipennis Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp. [210].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, ?Perth, WA (as Port-Western, Nouvelle-Hollande).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

SE coastal, Murray-Darling basin, VIC, NSW, SA.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, SA, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

General References

McQuillan, P.B. 1985. The identification of root-feeding cockchafer larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) found in pastures in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 509-546 [526]

 

History of changes

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