Open AccessA REVISION OF THE GENUS ELEPHASTOMUS MACLEAY (COLEOPTERA: GEOTRUPIDAE)
Author(s) -
Carne P. B.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1965.tb00637.x
Subject(s) - subspecies , biology , genus , zoology , ecology
The genus Elephastomus Macleay is revised, and the biology and distribution of its species discussed briefly. E. kirbyi Westw. is regarded as a subspecies of E. proboscideus (Schreib.) but, as Westwood's name is preoccupied, is given the new name E. proboscideus kirbyanus . Two new species are described: E. gellarus from northern New South Wales and Queensland, and E. meraldus from New South Wales and Victoria; the former species is commonly misidentified as E. kirbyi Westw. The validity of E. terraereginae (Blackb.) is confirmed. Plesioallotypes of E. p. kirbyanus and E. terraereginae are designated.