Species Teinogenys inermis Blackburn, 1890

Museums

Regional Maps

• Teinogenys inermis Blackburn, T. 1890. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part VIII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 5: 553-592 [Date published Dec. 16, 1890] [561].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Yilgarn, WA.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: crepuscular, nocturnal, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Larvae and adults subterranean and burrowing, larvae humus/plant root-feeder.

 

General References

Allsopp, P.G. & Carne, P.B. 1986. Teinogenys mooniensis sp. n. and new locality records for other species of Teinogenys Sharp (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Dynastinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25(2): 89–93 (distribution)

 

History of changes

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