Species Semanopterus subcostatus (Castelnau, 1840)
- Phileurus subcostatus Castelnau, F.L. Laporte de 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères, avec une introduction renfermant l'anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2 563 pp. [116].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP ♀, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).Subsequent designation references:
Endrödi, S. 1974. Monographie der Dynastinae. 4. Tribus: Pentodontini von Australien und Neu-Zeeland (Coleoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica ns 27: 17-70 [18]. - Semanopterus adelaidae Hope, F.W. 1847. Descriptions of various Coleopterous insects from New Holland, collected chiefly by Mr. Fortnum, at Adelaide. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 280-285 [publication date established from Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp. [154]] [281].
Type data:
Holotype OUM, Adelaide, SA. - Semanopterus subaequalis Hope, F.W. 1847. Descriptions of various Coleopterous insects from New Holland, collected chiefly by Mr. Fortnum, at Adelaide. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 280-285 [publication date established from Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp. [154]] [282].
Type data:
Holotype OUM, Adelaide, SA. - Semanopterus depressus Hope, F.W. 1847. Descriptions of various Coleopterous insects from New Holland, collected chiefly by Mr. Fortnum, at Adelaide. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 280-285 [publication date established from Musgrave, A. 1932. Bibliography of Australian Entomology 1775–1930 with biographical notes on authors and collectors. Sydney : R. Zool. Soc. N.S.W. viii 380 pp. [154]] [282].
Type data:
Holotype OUM, Australia. - Semanopterus depressiusculus Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [200].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM K346736, K346737 2 specimens, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E]. - Semanopterus convexiusculus Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [201].
Type data:
Holotype AM K31567 (K436735), Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E]. - Semanopterus minor Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [233].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Port Lincoln, SA.
Paralectotype(s) AM 1 specimen; SAMA I147 1 specimen.Subsequent designation references:
Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [97]; Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992. Dynastinae. pp. 383-425 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)). - Semanopterus longicollis Blackburn, T. 1889. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1387-1506 [Date published 22 March 1889] [1412].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Coonabarabran, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) AM (not found); SAMA 3 specimens (one with registration no. I2291).Subsequent designation references:
Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [97]; Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992. Dynastinae. pp. 383-425 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)). - Semanopterus meridianus Blackburn, T. 1896. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 20: 233-259 [250].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Bindogundra (as Bindagundra), NSW.
Paralectotype(s) SAMA 4 specimens (one with registration no. I2290, one with 5366).Subsequent designation references:
Carne, P.B. 1957. A Systematic Revision of the Australian Dynastinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Melbourne : CSIRO 284 pp. [97]; Cassis, G. & Weir, T. A. 1992. Dynastinae. pp. 383-425 in Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea. Canberra : AGPS Vol. 9 544 pp. (interpret the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
NE coastal, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal, S Gulfs, QLD, NSW, ACT, VIC, SA.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: 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), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder.
General References
Barbero, E. & Palestrini, V. 2003. Coleoptera Trogidae, Geotrupidae, Hybosoridae, Scarabaeidae (Scarabaeinae and Dynastinae) collected in Australia. pp. 303-328 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. I. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 35, 565 pp. [324] (new record)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |