Conilurus albipes (Lichtenstein 1829)

[Hapalotis] albipes Lichtenstein 1829, Darst. Saugeth., Vol. 6: 2 unno. text pages and pl. 29.

Type Locality: SE Australia (Neuholland); see Mahoney and Richardson (1988:155).

Vernacular Names: White-footed Conilurus.

Synonyms: Conilurus constructor (Ogilby 1837); Conilurus destructor Palmer 1897 .

Distribution: Australia; once occurred in a strip from SE Queensland through coastal New South Wales and Victoria into SE South Australia (Robinson et al., 2000; Watts and Aslin, 1981:130); see Williams and Menkhorst (1995 a) for past distribution in Victoria.

Conservation: IUCN – Extinct.

Discussion: Living C. albipes have not been encountered by naturalists for over a century and the species is apparently extinct (Mahoney and Richardson, 1988; Watts and Aslin, 1981; Dixon, 1995 a).