Species Rhopaea heterodactyla (Germar, 1848)

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Species Rhopaea heterodactyla (Germar, 1848)

Melolontha heterodactyla Germar, E.F. 1848. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica 3: 153-247 [191].
Type data:
Lectotype MLUH ♂, Adelaide, SA.
Paralectotype(s) MLUH ♀.
Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 1978. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 2. Tribe Melolonthini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 60: 1-150 [43].
Rhopaea soror Blackburn, T. 1892. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7(I): 65-151 [112].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 4159 ♀ (Blackburn coll. 1910-236 (typeset)), NSW (Tamworth probable).
Subsequent designation references:
Allsopp, P.G. 2020. Clarification of the status of the types of Australian Melolonthini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) described before 1950. Zootaxa 4885(4): 451–486 [Date published 27/11/2020].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Britton, E.B. 1978. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 2. Tribe Melolonthini. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 60: 1-150 [42]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

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

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: non-feeder, volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

General References

Roberts, R.J., Campbell, A.J., Porter, M.R. & Sawtell, N.L. 1982. The distribution and abundance of pasture scarabs in relation to Eucalyptus trees. pp. 207-214 in Lee, K.E. (ed.). Proceedings of the Third Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, Adelaide 30 Nov.–4 Dec. 1981. Adelaide : S.A. Government Printer.

Soo Hoo, C.F. & Roberts, R.J. 1965. Sex attraction in Rhopaea (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Nature (London) 205: 724-725

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Aug-2021	SCARABAEIDAE	01-Jun-2021	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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