Species Sericesthis suturalis (Macleay, 1871)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scitala suturalis 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:

   Holotype AM, Gayndah, QLD.
• Scitala pruinosella 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:

   Lectotype ZMB, Burnett River, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMB.

  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 [750]; 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)).

 

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 [750]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: 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), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: folivore, volant.

Larva: soil dweller.

Extra Ecological Information

Larva probably root/humus feeder.

 

General References

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

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