Cacostomus NEWMAN, 1840

(G. = Cacostomus squamosus)

= Lepidodes WESTWOOD, 1841 (G. = Lepidodes rotundicollis)

= Lepidodus LACORDAIRE, 1856


NOTE : Following Reid (199), Eucarteria is perhaps a synonym of this genus.

REID C.A.M. (1999) A new generic synonym in the Australian Lucanidae. Coleopterists Bulletin 54:175-177.

 

Cacostomus squamosus NEWMAN, 1840.

Cacostomus squamosus NEWMAN, 1840:364 [Sydney].

Lepidodes rotundicollis WESTWOOD, 1841:124 [Lepidodus] [New Holland].

Burmeister, 1847:362

Westwood, 1855:211-212, pl.11

Lacordaire, 1856

Parry, 1863:445

Mjoberg, 1916:22

Didier & Séguy, 1952:pl.6

Benesh, 1960:149

Klausnitzer, 1982:44

Kikuta, 1984:9

Hawkeswood, Callister & Antram, 1991:44, 46-47

Maes, 1992:35

Moore & Cassis, 1992:9

Moore, 1994:5

Cacostomus squamosus NEWMAN; Mizunuma & Nagai, 1994:206, pl.3, fig. 35(1-5).

Wood, Hasenpusch & Storey, 1996:47.

Ø      Australia : Queensland : Kuranda, 16°49S-145°38E

Ø      Australia : Queensland : Cairns, 16°55S-145°46E, II-1985 (1 male, 2 females citated by Mizunuma & Nagai 1994).

Ø      Australia : Queensland : Mt. Atherton, 17°16S-145°29E, 26-XII-1981 (2 males citated by Mizunuma & Nagai 1994).

Ø      Australia : Queensland : Herberton, 17°23S-145°23E

Ø      Australia : Queensland : Paluma, 19°00S-146°12E

Ø      Australia : New South Wales : Dorrigo, 30°20S-152°43E

Ø      Australia : New South Wales : Bonville, 30°23S-153°02E

Ø      Australia : New South Wales : Longlands Gap, 30°53S-150°01E

Ø      Australia : New South Wales : Sydney, 33°53S-151°13E (TYPUS of Cacostomus squamosus NEWMAN).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

MIZUNUMA T. & NAGAI S. (1994) The Lucanid Beetles of the World. Mushi-Sha's Iconographic Series of Insects, Ed. H. Fujita, Japan. Vol. I : 337 pp., 156 pls.


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