Species Scitala nemesis Blackburn, 1907

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Species Scitala nemesis Blackburn, 1907

Scitala nemesis Blackburn, T. 1907. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXVII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 31: 231-299 [250].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Fowlers Bay, SA.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA.
Subsequent designation references:
Britton, E.B. 1987. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 685-799 [726]; Houston, W.W.K. & Weir, T.A. 1992. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 9. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS xii 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

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

SA: Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Nullarbor (NUL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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