Genus Xylonichus Boisduval, 1835

Museums

Regional Maps

• Xylonichus 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. [186].

  Type species:

   Xylonichus eucalypti Boisduval, 1835 by monotypy.
• Stethaspis Hope, F.W. 1837. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing the Lamellicorn Insects of Linnaeus and Fabricius. London : H.G. Bohn Vol. 1 121 pp. 3 pls. [104].

  Type species:

   Xylonichus eucalypti Boisduval, 1835 by monotypy ((Arrow, G.J., 1903) (304) determined that Hope based the type of Stethaspis on the Australian species Xylonichus eucalypti Boisduval, 1835 and not the New Zealand species Melolontha suturalis Fabricius, 1775 as stated on p. 104).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Britton, E.B. 1957. A Revision of the Australian Chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). London : British Museum Vol. 1 vii 185 pp. 42 pls. [63]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Xylonychus Blanchard, 1851 [incorrect subsequent spelling; name not available but used by subsequent authors]. —
  Allsopp, P.G. 1987. An additional exotic dynastine Temnorrhynchus retusus (F.) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 26(2): 189–191

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), 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), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	SCARABAEOIDEA	22-May-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)