Leptaulax bicolor

Leptaulax bicolor
Adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Passalidae
Genus:	Leptaulax
Species:	L. bicolor
Binomial name
Leptaulax bicolor (Fabricius, 1801)

Leptaulax bicolor is a beetle of the Family Passalidae found throughout Australia, Cambodia, Eastern Himalayas, India, Indonesia: Borneo, Java, Moluccas, Sulawesi, Sumatra; Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam. ^[1]

Description

Parietal ridge extending to supraorbital ridge. The anterior marginal groove of pronotum is more pronounced and broader. Body consists with many large, distinct punctures. Hypostomal process without longitudinal groove on ventrum. ^[2]

Synonyms

There are several synonyms assigned to the species due to widespread distribution and similarity with other related species. ^[3]

• Leptaulacides analisZang, 1906
• Leptaulacides anaulaxZang, 1905
• Leptaulacides andamanarumZang, 1905
• Leptaulacides fruhstorferiZang, 1905
• Leptaulacides nietneriZang, 1905
• Leptaulacides palawanicusZang, 1905
• Leptaulacides papuanusZang, 1906
• Leptaulacides rugulosusZang, 1905
• Leptaulax abdominisculptusKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax aurivilliiKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax batchianaeKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax calcuttaeKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax cicatricosusKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax consequensKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax differentispinaKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax dindigalensisKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax divaricatusKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax evidensKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax formosanusDoesburg, 1942
• Leptaulax geminusKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax hansemanniKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax incipiensKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax malaccaeKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax manillaeKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax maxillonotusKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax mediusKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax moratorKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax niaeKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax novaeguineaeKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax obtusidensKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax roepstorfiKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax separandusKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax sequensKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax subconsequensKuwert, 1891
• Leptaulax sumatraeKuwert, 1898
• Leptaulax tenesserimensisKuwert, 1898
• Passalus innocuusDejean, 1837
• Passalus vicinusPercheron, 1844
• Passalus bicolorFabricius, 1801

References

1. Australia, Atlas of Living. "Leptaulax bicolor". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
2. "A review of the genus Leptaulax Kaup, 1868 (Coleoptera: Passalidae) from Vietnam, with the first record of L. loebli Kon, Johki & Araya, 2003" (PDF). Bonn zoological Bulletin 70 (2): 247–251. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
3. "Leptaulax bicolor (Fabricius, 1801)". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2019-06-25.