Species Schizorhina atropunctata (Kirby, 1818)

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Species Schizorhina atropunctata (Kirby, 1818)

Cetonia atropunctata Kirby, W. 1818. XXVIII. A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. Lib. Linn. Soc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 454-482 pls XXI-XXIII [464].
Type data:
Status unknown, BMNH, Sydney, NSW (as Port Jackson, Australasia).
Schyzorhina quadripunctata Gory, H.L. & Percheron, A.R. 1833. Monographie de Cétoines et genres voisons, formant, dans les families naturelles de Latreille, la division des Scarabées Mélitophiles. Paris : J.B. Baillière 403 pp., 77 pls. [54].
Type data:
Status unknown, GMNH, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Lea, A.M. 1914. Notes on Australian Cetoniides; with a list of species and descriptions of some new ones. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 132-218 [138]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults feed on nectar and pollen, larvae in rotten wood.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
01-Jul-2020	06-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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