Species Simodactylus cinnamomeus (Boisduval, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Elater cinnamomeus Boisduval, J.B.A.D. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 2 vii 267 pp. [106].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande); exact locality unknown.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1959. Some type designations, with notes on Pacific Elateridae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 1(4): 347-414 [Date published Dec. 25, 1959] [368]; Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. [129] (interprets Van Zwaluwenburg's incorrect inference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Polynesia; doubtfully Australian, see Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1959. Some type designations, with notes on Pacific Elateridae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 1(4): 347–414 [368].

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		01-May-2014	MODIFIED