Species Scaraphites rotundipennis (Dejean, 1825)

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• Scarites rotundipennis Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1825. Species général des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Compte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. I xxx 463 pp. [401].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Australia.

  Type locality references:

  Westwood, J.O. 1842. Australian species of Scaritidae. pp. 157-158 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). Arcana Entomologica or illustrations of new rare and interesting insects. London : Smith Vol. 1 iv 192 pp. 48 pls. [157].
• Scarites (Scaraphites) macleaii Westwood, J.O. 1842. Australian species of Scaritidae. pp. 157-158 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). Arcana Entomologica or illustrations of new rare and interesting insects. London : Smith Vol. 1 iv 192 pp. 48 pls. [157].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM (or BMNH*), Elizabeth Bay, NSW.
• Scaraphites intermedius Macleay, W.J. 1865. On the Scaritidae of New Holland. 3rd paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 176-198 [190].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Illawarra or Merimbula, NSW.
• Scaraphites insulanus Sloane, T.G. 1888. A note on the Carenides, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1101-1122 [7 Dec. 1888] [1106].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) 1 specimen located, King Is., TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1905. Revisional notes on Australian Carabidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 103-135 [112]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: flightless, fossorial, nocturnal, open heath, predator, sandy soil, tall open woodland, terrestrial.

General References

McQuillan, P.B. 1983. Observations of Scaraphites rotundipennis (Dejean) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) A pest of golf courses on Flinders Island. Australian Entomological Magazine 10: 41-44 (feeding habits)

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