Genus Rhyparus Agassiz, 1847

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• Rhyparus Agassiz, J.L.R. 1847. Nomenclator Zoologicus. Fasciculus XII. Indicem Universalem. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam vivetium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymiis plantarum, nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus. Soloduri : Jent et Gassmann Vol. VII 393 pp. [326] [emendation of Ryparus Westwood, 1845; Cartwright, O.L. & Woodruff, R.E. 1969. Ten Rhyparus from the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 21: 1–20 (1) gives a detailed account].

  Type species:

   Ryparus desjardinsii Westwood, 1845 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Cartwright, O.L. & Woodruff, R.E. 1969. Ten Rhyparus from the Western Hemisphere (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 21: 1-20.
• Ryparus Westwood, J.O. 1845. On some exotic species of Aphodiidae. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London 1843: 93 [publication date established from Wheeler, G. 1912. On the dates of publications of the Entomological Society of London. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 44: 750–767] [93] [junior homonym of Ryparus Spinola, 1844 (Cleridae)].

  Type species:

   Ryparus desjardinsii Westwood, 1845 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Balthasar, V. 1964. Monographie der Scarabaeidae und Aphodiidae der palaearktischen und orientalischen Region. Coleoptera: Lamellicornia. Band 3. Aphodiidae. Prague : Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Vol. 3 652 pp. 2 pls. [602]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Palaearctic, Oriental and Afrotopical Regions, Melanesia, Micronesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea
• Vanuatu

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
• Philippines

Distribution References

History of changes

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