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First record of Pseudoheteronyx Blackburn (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Tasmania, with description of Pseudoheteronyx littoralis sp.n. from sandy beaches
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McQuillan, PB and Michaels, KF 1997
, 'First record of Pseudoheteronyx Blackburn (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Tasmania, with description of Pseudoheteronyx littoralis sp.n. from sandy beaches'
, Australian Journal of Entomology, vol. 36, no. 2
, pp. 117-120
, doi: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01443.x.
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Abstract
Pseudoheteronyx, a genus of flightless scarab beetles, is recorded from Tasmania for the first time on the basis of P. littoralis sp.n., collected from sand dunes on the coast of Bass Strait, where it is active in late winter and early spring. This represents a southerly extension for the genus of more than 300 km and a novel ecological niche for the genus. It is the smallest and most setose member of the genus and most closely related to P. creber from alpine herbfields on Mount Kosciusko, N.S.W. This brings to nine the number of scarabaeid genera known from coastal dunes in Tasmania
Item Type: | Article |
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Authors/Creators: | McQuillan, PB and Michaels, KF |
Journal or Publication Title: | Australian Journal of Entomology |
ISSN: | 1326-6756 |
DOI / ID Number: | 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1997.tb01443.x |
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