Genus Sphaerarthrum Waterhouse, 1884
- Sphaerarthrum Waterhouse, G.A. 1884. Coleoptera collected during the expedition of H.M.S. 'Challenger'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 13: 276-283 [Date published Apr. 1884] [281].
Type species:
Telephorus praeustum Guérin-Méneville, 1830 (= Sphaerarthrum praeustum (Guérin-Méneville, 1830)) by monotypy. - Tylocerocorneus Pic, M. 1911. Sur diverses espèces Océaniennes de Tylocerus Dalm. L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 27(318): 141 [141] [first introduced as a subgenus of Tylocerus Dalman, 1823].
Type species:
Tylocerus (Tylocerocorneus) wallacei Pic, 1911 (= Sphaerarthrum basicornis (Fairmaire, 1883))) by subsequent designation, see Wittmer, W. 1969. Zur Kenntnis der Indo-Malaiischen Silini unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna von Neuguinea (Col.: Cantharidae). Pacific Insects 11(2): 217-454 [Date published 30 Aug. 1969] [268].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Delkeskamp, K. 1977. Cantharidae. pp. 1-485 in Wilcox, J.A. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. The Hague : W. Junk Vol. 165 485 pp. [221]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
- Philippines
Distribution References
General References
Wittmer, W. 1969. Zur Kenntnis der Indo-Malaiischen Silini unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Fauna von Neuguinea (Col.: Cantharidae). Pacific Insects 11(2): 217-454 [Date published 30 Aug. 1969] [267] (Indo-Malayan and New Guinea fauna)
History of changes
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| 29-Oct-2012 | MODIFIED |