Species Rhopaea verreauxii Blanchard, 1851

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Species Rhopaea verreauxii Blanchard, 1851

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Rhopaea verreauxii Blanchard, C.E. 1851. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Catalogue de la Collection Entomologique. Classe des insectes. Ordre des Coléoptères. Paris : Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Vol. II pp. 129-240. [160].
Type data:

Status unknown, MNHP ♂, eastern Australia (as Nouv.-Holl. orient.); MNHP
Comment: Allsopp was unable to locate either type specimen declaring 'the status of these two specimens remains unresolved.'.
Type locality 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].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Murray-Darling basin, NSW.

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

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, non-feeder, volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva pest of pastures.

General References

Cairns, S.C. 1980. Energy and chemical element content of the life stages of Rhopaea verreauxi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Pedobiologia 20: 131-140

Cairns, S.C. 1982. The life cycle energetics of Rhopaea verreauxi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Oecologia (Berlin) 55: 62-68

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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