Donacia australasiae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Donaciinae
Tribus: Donaciini
Genus: Donacia
Subgenus: Donacia (Cyphogaster)
Species: Donacia australasiae

Name

Donacia australasiae Blackburn, 1892: 235

Lectotype: BMNH. ♂. "4344 Qu[eensland] T[ownsville], Blackburn coll. 1910-236, type".

Type locality: "Qu[eensland] T[ownsville]".

Synonyms

• Donacia inopinata Goecke, 1944: 11 [syn.: Reid, 1993]
  • Type locality: Kuranda and Cairns.
• Donacia papuana Gressitt, 1971: 607 [syn.: Reid, 1993]
  • Holotype: BPBM. ♀. "Middle Fly R., 250-300 mi[les] up".
  • Paratypes: BPBM. 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀ (1 ♀ dissected), "Lake Daviumbu, Fly R., Papua, 1-lO.ix.1936, Archbold exped.".
  • Type locality: "Middle Fly R., 250-300 mi[les] up".

References

Primary references

• Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15: 207–261. BHL Reference page. 
• Gressitt, J.L. 1971. Chrysomelid beetles of the Papuan subregion, 7 (Donaciinae). Pacific Insects 13(3–4): 607–609. PDF.
• Reid, C.A.M. 1993. Donacia australasiae Blackburn: The sole representative of the subfamily Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Australia and New Guinea. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 32(2): 103–111. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1993.tb00554.x .