IRMNG - Ophropyx Britton, 1987

IRMNG taxon details

Ophropyx Britton, 1987

IRMNG_ID

1012522 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1012522)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Scarabaeidae Latreille, 1802

Direct children (4)

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Species Ophropyx approximans (Blackburn, 1898)
Species Ophropyx aspericollis Blackburn
Species Ophropyx ciliata (Boisduval, 1835)
Species Ophropyx hispida (Blackburn, 1898)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Britton, E. (1987). A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Melolonthinae). Vol. 5. tribes Scitalini and Comophorinini. Invertebrate Systematics. 1(6): 685-799., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9870685
page(s): 691 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Ophropyx Britton, 1987. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1012522 on 2025-04-27

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-13 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (7)
Links (2)

original description Britton, E. (1987). A revision of the Australian chafers (Coleoptera : Scarabaeidae : Melolonthinae). Vol. 5. tribes Scitalini and Comophorinini. Invertebrate Systematics. 1(6): 685-799., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9870685
page(s): 691 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) [details]

verified source for family Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012). [details]

current name source Allsopp, P. G.; Schoolmeesters, P. (2024). All genera of the world: Subfamilies Prototroginae, Cretoscarabaeinae, Dynamopodinae, Electrorubesopsinae, Phaenomeridinae, Orphninae, Allidiostomatinae, Aclopinae, Lichniinae, Melolonthinae, Oncerinae, Podolasiinae, Sericinae, Sericoidinae (Animalia: Arthropoda: Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Megataxa. 12(1): 104-175., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/megataxa.12.1.2 [details]

extant flag source Australian Faunal Directory, 2007 version. Available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home. [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

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