Species Sericesthis armaticeps (Macleay, 1871)

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• Scitala armaticeps Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [192].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM, Gayndah, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC 1 specimen; AM 1 specimen.

  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 [758].
• Scitala impressa Brenske, E. 1900. Melolonthiden. pp. 622-624 in Semon, R.W. (ed.). Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. (Medizinisch-Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft zu Jena-Denksc). Jena : Fischer Vol. 5. [622].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB, Burnett River, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Britton, E.B. 1987. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 685-799 [758]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)