Species Sericesthis nigrolineata Boisduval, 1835
Dusky Pasture Scarab
- Sericesthis nigrolineata Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insects nouveaux recueillis pendent de voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. In, D'Urville, D., César, J. S. (ed.). Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les annés 1826–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 7 716 pp. [206].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande). - Melolontha pruinosa Dalman, J.W. 1823. Analecta Entomologica. Holmiae : Typis Lindhianis Vol. 4 vii 104 [4] pp. 4 pls. [53] [junior homonym of Melolontha pruinosa Wiedeman, 1819].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM, Australia (as Nova Hollandia).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 [742]. - Scitala languida Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [168].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB, TAS (as Vandiemensland). - Sericesthis pruinosa Blanchard, C.E. 1850. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. Catalogue de la Collection Entomologique. Classe des insectes. Ordre des Coléoptères. Paris : Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Vol. IV 128 pp. [113].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, eastern Australia (as Nouv.-Holl. orient.). - Scitala rugosula Harold, E. von 1869. Abänderungen vergebener Namen. Coleopterologische Hefte 5: 122-125 [123] [nom. nov. for Sericesthis pruinosa Blanchard, 1850].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Britton, E.B. 1966. The application of the names Sericesthis pruinosa (Dalman) and Sericesthis nigrolineata Boisduval (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 91: 152-153 [152]
- Britton, E.B. 1987. A revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) Vol. 5. Tribes Scitalini and Comophorini. Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 685-799 [741] (as Serica nigrolineata Boisduval, 1835)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), 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), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: crepuscular, folivore, volant.
Larva: soil dweller.
Extra Ecological Information
Larva root/humus feeder, pest of pastures and turf.
General References
Carne, B.P. & Chinnick, L.J. 1957. The pruinose scarab (Sericesthis pruinosa Dalman) and its control in turf. Australian Journal of Agricultural Science 8: 604-616
Cumpston, D. 1941. A summary of certain aspects of the scarab problem, and a contribution to a bibliography of the family Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 66: 33-40 (biology)
Davidson, R.L. 1982. An ecological view of pasture pests on the northern tablelands of NSW. pp. 67-74 in Lee, K.E. (ed.). Proceedings of the Third Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, Adelaide 30 Nov.–4 Dec. 1981. Adelaide : S.A. Government Printer.
McQuillan, P.B. 1985. The identification of root-feeding cockchafer larvae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) found in pastures in Tasmania. Australian Journal of Zoology 33: 509-546 [536]
Ridsdill Smith, T.J. 1975. Selection of living grass roots in the soil by larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 18: 75-86
Ridsdill Smith, T.J., Porter, M.R. & Furnival, A.G. 1975. Effects of temperature and developmental stage on feeding by larvae of Sericesthis nigrolineata (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 18: 244-254
Ridsdill Smith, T.J. & Porter, M.R. 1980. Influence of soil moisture on root feeding and growth rate of Sericesthis nigrolineata larvae (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19: 73-77
Roberts, R.J., Campbell, A.J., Porter, M.R. & Sawtell, N.L. 1982. The distribution and abundance of pasture scarabs in relation to Eucalyptus trees. pp. 207-214 in Lee, K.E. (ed.). Proceedings of the Third Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, Adelaide 30 Nov.–4 Dec. 1981. Adelaide : S.A. Government Printer.
Roberts, R.J., Ridsdill Smith, T.J., Porter, M.R. & Sawtell, N.L. 1982. Fluctuations in the abundance of pasture scarabs over an 18-year period of light trapping. pp. 75-79 in Lee, K.E. (ed.). Proceedings of the Third Australasian Conference on Grassland Invertebrate Ecology, Adelaide 30 Nov.–4 Dec. 1981. Adelaide : S.A. Government Printer.
History of changes
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