Species Rhyssemus inscitus (Walker, 1858)
- Psammodius inscitus Walker, F. 1858. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 2(9): 202–209 [Sept. 1858] [207].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Sri Lanka (as Ceylon).Subsequent designation references:
Pittino, R. 1984. Taxonomic considerations on, types, revisions, lectotypes designations and descriptions of new or little known Psammodiini from Palaearctic, Oriental and Ethiopian regions (Coleoptera, Aphodiidae)(XXVI contribution to the knowledge of Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 2: 13-97 [39]. - Rhyssemus australis Petrovitz, R. 1963. Neue Arten der Gattung Rhyssemus Mulsant (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae). Reichenbachia 2: 39-45 [40].
Type data:
Holotype MGF, Kuranda, QLD. - Rhyssemus tarsalis Waterhouse, C.O. 1876. New Species of Coleoptera from the Island of Rodriguez, collected by the Naturalists accompanying the Transit-of-Venus Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 18: 105-121 [115].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Rodriguez Is. (as Island of Rodriguez).Subsequent designation references:
Pittino, R. 1984. Taxonomic considerations on, types, revisions, lectotypes designations and descriptions of new or little known Psammodiini from Palaearctic, Oriental and Ethiopian regions (Coleoptera, Aphodiidae)(XXVI contribution to the knowledge of Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 2: 13-97 [39]. - Rhyssemus insignicollis Lea, A.M. 1923. On Australian Aphodiides (Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 36: 1-20 [19].
Type data:
Syntype(s) Cairns, QLD. - Rhyssemus papuanus Petrovitz, R. 1965. Neue Aphodiinae (Col. Scarab.). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 41: 161-176 [169].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, Rabaul (as Simpsonhafen), PNG.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Pittino, R. 1984. Taxonomic considerations on, types, revisions, lectotypes designations and descriptions of new or little known Psammodiini from Palaearctic, Oriental and Ethiopian regions (Coleoptera, Aphodiidae)(XXVI contribution to the knowledge of Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 2: 13-97 [39]
- Stebnicka, Z.T. & Howden, H.F. 1996. Australian genera and species in the tribes Odontolochini, Psammodiini, Rhyparini, Stereomerini and part of the Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Aphodiinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 10(1): 97-170 [114]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Cocos (Keeling) Islands terrestrial & freshwater
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal
- New Caledonia
- Papua New Guinea
- Vanuatu
Oriental Region
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Aust. Terr.)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: root-feeder, subterranean, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: root-feeder, subterranean.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 18-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED |