Acheilo capitalis

Acheilo capitalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Genus:	Acheilo
Species:	A. capitalis
Binomial name
	Acheilo capitalis; (Thomas Blackburn, 1910)
Synonyms
	Heteronyx capitalis Blackburn, 1910;

Acheilo capitalis is a species of scarab beetle in the subfamily Melolonthinae. It is found in Australia (Queensland).

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Thomas Blackburn in 1910 as Heteronyx capitalis. It was later transferred to the genus Acheilo by Everard Baldwin Britton in his 1988 synopsis of Australian Heteronycini.

References

↑ "Acheilo capitalis". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
↑ "Acheilo capitalis". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Acheilo capitalis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 25, 2026.
↑ "Acheilo capitalis (Blackburn, 1910)". GBIF. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
↑ Britton, E. B. (1988). "Synopsis of the genera of Australian Heteronycini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 27 (1): 27–36. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1988.tb01139.x.

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[AFD-1] "Acheilo capitalis". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Biological Resources Study. Retrieved 25 June 2026.

[ALA-2] "Acheilo capitalis". Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2026.

[COL-3] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Acheilo capitalis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved June 25, 2026.

[GBIF-4] "Acheilo capitalis (Blackburn, 1910)". GBIF. Retrieved 25 June 2026.

[Britton1988-5] Britton, E. B. (1988). "Synopsis of the genera of Australian Heteronycini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)". Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 27 (1): 27–36. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.1988.tb01139.x.