
ORYCTODERINUS WALFORDORUM GEN. ET SP. N. (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE) *
Author(s) -
Endrödi S.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1978.tb02225.x
Subject(s) - scarabaeidae , biology , tribe , genus , ecology , zoology , sociology , anthropology
The genus Oryctoderinus gen. n. is erected to contain the first species of the tribe Oryctoderini— O. walfordorum sp.n.—to be found in Australia. The species occurs in the Mt Garnet region of north Queensland.