Species Trichaulax nortoni (Butler, 1865)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Schizorhina nortoni Butler, A.G. 1865. Description of a new species of Cetonia in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 16: 161-162 [161].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Sydney, NSW.
• Schizorhina trichopyga Thomson, J. 1878. Une note au sujet de diverses Cétonides. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 5 8: 10-11 [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hiller, A. 1990. Notes on systematics and biology of Trichaulax Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 17: 117-130 [118]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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), 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: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

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

 

General References

Hiller, A. 1990. Notes on systematics and biology of Trichaulax Kraatz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Australian Entomological Magazine 17: 117-130 [119] (biology)

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 [133] (misidentification of Trichaulax marginipennis (Macleay, 1863))

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		06-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)