Species Safrina polita (Carter, 1921)
- Rhyssonotus politus Carter, H.J. 1921. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46(3): 301-323 [301].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV 5♂ 3♀, Mount Royal or Barrington Tops, NSW. - Ryssonotus politus Carter, H.J. 1921. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46(3): 301-323 [emendation; unnecessary emendation of Rhyssonotus].
Generic Combinations
- Safrina polita (Carter, 1921). —
Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. 2016. Revision of the stag beetle genus Ryssonotus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), with descriptions of a new genus and three new species. Zootaxa 4150(1): 1–039 [35–37, figs 9, 18, 27, 36, 43, 45, 60, 69]
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
Lansdowne, New England National Park. Confined to the wet closed forest of the high central plateau of Barrington Tops, central New South Wales, where it is fairly common.
IBRA
NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae in wet, rotten timber, adults flightless.
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2016 | LUCANIDAE | 03-Nov-2016 | MODIFIED | |
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |