Toorongus bivius Neboiss, 1957

Hoffmannova, Johana & Kundrata, Robin, 2020, Annotated catalogue of the click-beetle genera Hapatesus Candѐze, 1863 and Toorongus Neboiss, 1957 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Australasian realm, Zootaxa 4885 (2), pp. 221-234 : 229

Toorongus bivius Neboiss, 1957

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Toorongus bivius Neboiss, 1957: 517 .

Type depositories. Holotype, male ( NMV) (https://collections.museumsvictoria.com.au/specimens/1015771); 6 paratypes: 2 males, 2 females incl. allotype ( NMV), 1 male ( QM), 1 male ( ANIC). Only five paratypes, including the allotype, were mentioned in the original description ( Neboiss 1957).

Type locality. Australia: Victoria, Warburton .

Distribution. Australia (New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria).

Literature. Elston (1930: 18): redescription of Hapatesus jugulatus Candèze, 1900 [misidentification; = T. bivius ; see Neboiss (1957: 517)]; Neboiss (1957: 517): original description, p. 518: drawing of aedeagus, plate 1: photograph of male habitus (holotype); Neboiss (1961: 25): catalogue; Calder (1996: 227): catalogue; Calder (1998: 113): catalogue; Tarnawski (2001: 302): catalogue; Williams (2002: 110): catalogue, distribution.

Figures

FIGURES 1–2. Habitus images of Hapatesus Candèze, 1863 and Toorongus Neboiss, 1957. 1. Hapatesus opulentus Neboiss, 1957 (BMNH); 2. Toorongus bivius Neboiss, 1957 (BMNH). Scale bars = 2 mm.