Clarification of ambiguous genus records for Australian Cleridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea)
Author
Bartlett, Justin S.
text
Zootaxa
2023
2023-12-12
5383
3
375
382
https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/download/zootaxa.5383.3.6/52459
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5383.3.6
1175-5326
10361473
E5C8FDF6-58FF-47A5-81C2-CA54994AA2FE
Genus
Monophylla
Spinola
Monophylla terminata
(Say)
:
Blackburn (1901)
described
Elasmocerus picticollis
Blackburn
(
Fig. 6
) from a single specimen collected in
Victoria
(specific location and circumstance not mentioned).
Corporaal (1949)
synonymised
E. picticollis
with the North American species
Monophylla terminata
(Say)
after advice from E. A. Chapin who believed that Blackburn’s specimen was probably introduced into
Australia
with grape vines from America. The absence of subsequently collected Australian specimens suggests that
M. terminata
did not become established in
Australia
after it’s detection.
Distribution:
Eastern North America to
Texas
and
Arizona
(
Corporaal 1950a
).
Status:
Monophylla terminata
is non-native and absent in
Australia
.