Macleay Species

Macleay Species

Preliminary list of
Flora and Fauna named after members of the
family of Alexander Macleay

Don Herbison-Evans
( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
&
Vanessa Mack
Macleay Collection, Chau Chak Wing Museum

Platagrarista macleayi

Actinus macleayi, Olliff, 1887,
STAPHYLINIDAE, Rove Beetle

Agonochila macleayi Sloane, 1910, BUPRESTIDAE, Beetle

Agrilius macleayi Carter, 1924, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Alaus macleayi Candéze, 1857, ELATERIDAE, Beetle

Alittus macleayi Lea, 1915, CHRYSOMELIDAE, Beetle

Ambassis macleayi (Castelnau 1878), AMBASSIDAE, Reticulated Glassfish

Amimopina macleayi (Brazier, 1876),
also known as Bulimus macleayi, CERASTUIDAE, Land Snail

Anoplognathus macleayi Blackburn, 1892, SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Anopterus macleayanus, GROSSULARIACEAE, Macleay Laurel

Anthicus macleayi King, 1869, ANTHICIDAE, Beetle

Arsipoda macleayi Baly, 1864, CHRYSOMELIDAE, Beetle

Atelomycterus macleay, Whitley, 1939,
SQUALIDAE, Marbled Cat Shark

Arthropterus macleayi Donovan, 1807, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Aulacochilus macleayi Lacordaire, EROTYLIDAE, Beetle

Balanophorus macleayi Lea, 1895, MELYRIDAE, Beetle

Bentosites macleayi J. Cox, 1865, CAMAENIDAE, Mollusc

Brontes macleayi Olliff, 1885, CUCUJIDAE, Beetle

Byrsax macleayi Pascoe, 1866, TENEBRIONIDAE, Beetle

Callitris macleayana (F. Mueller),
CUPRESSACEAE, Tree

Cardiophorus macleayi Schwarz., 1907, ELATERIDAE, Beetle

Cardiothorax macleayi Pascoe, 1866, TENEBRIONIDAE, Beetle

Catypnes macleayi Pascoe, 1864, CERAMBYCIDAE, Beetle

Cerapterus macleayi Donovan, 1805, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Chaodalis macleayi Pascoe, 1865, CERAMBYCIDAE, Beetle

Cheirotonus macleayi, Hope, 1841,
SCARABAEIDAE, Formosan Long-armed Scarab Beetle

Chlaenius macleayi Andrewes, 1919, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Clathurella macleayi Brazier, 1876, MOLLUSCA, Mollusc

Clivina macleayi Sloane, 1896, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Conognatha macleayi Donovan, 1825, BUPRESTIDAE, Beetle

Cyclophorus macleayi Brazier, 1877,
also known as Ditropis macleayi, MOLLUSCA, Mollusc

Diceros macleayi Gory, 1833, SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Distichocera macleayi (Newman, 1852),
CERAMBYCIDAE, Beetle, Feather-horned Yellow-box Borer

Dorcopsis macleayi, (Miklouho-Maclay, 1885),
also known as Dorcopsulus macleayi, MACROPODIDAE, New Guinea Forest Wallaby

Endoxyla macleayi Froggatt, 1894, COSSIDAE, Moth

Eudalia macleayi Bates, 1871, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Gonocephalum macleayi (Blackburn) TENEBRIONIDAE, Southern False Wireworm.

Graphium macleayanum (Leach, 1814),
PAPILIONIDAE, Macleay's Swallowtail Butterfly

Guancha macleayi von Lendenfeld, 1885,
also known as Ascetta macleayi, CLATHRINIDAE, Sponge

Haplonyx macleayi Chevrolat, 1897, CURCULIONIDAE, Weevil

Hedleya macleayi J.C. Cox, 1892, GASTROPODA, Snail

Helaeus macleayi Breme, 1842, TENEBRIONIDAE, Beetle

Helicina macleayi Brazier, 1876, MOLLUSCA, Mollusc

Hemicarabus macleayi Linnaeus, 1826, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Heterognathus macleayi King, 1864, SCYDMAENIDAE, Beetle

Heteromastix macleayi Lea, 1909, CANTHARIDAE, Beetle

Heterorrhina macleayi (Kirby, 1818), SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Ipelloides macleayi Evans, 1966,
EURYMELIDAE, Leafhopper

Ipsichora macleayi Lea, 1906, CURCULIONIDAE, Weevil

Laccopterum macleayi Sloane, 1897,
CARABIDAE, Beetle
Photo: courtesy of Neil Blair,
Mt Pilot National Park, Victoria.

Leucosolenia macleayi Lendenfeld, 1885,
also known as Clathrina blanca, PORIFERA

Liocarcinus mcleayi (Barnard, 1947) PORTUNIDAE, Crab

Lyssa macleayi (Montrouzier 1856),
URANIIDAE, Moth

Macleaya
PAPAVERACEAE, Tree Celandines

Maechidius macleayanus Westwood, 1845, SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Mecopus macleayi Lea, 1910, CURCULIONIDAE, Weevil

Metapenaeus macleay, (Haswell, 1879),
PENAEIDAE, School Prawn

Melobasis macleayi Carter, 1923, BUPRESTIDAE, Beetle

Mochtherus macleayi Sloane, 1907, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Narcissus macleayi Lindl. AMARYLLIDACEAE, Daffodil

Nitidula macleayi Murray, 1864, NITIDULIDAE, Beetle

Notagonum macleayi Sloane, 1910, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Nyctozoilus macleayi Carter, 1926, TENEBRIONIDAE, Beetle

Oeketicus macleayi Guilding, 1827, PSYCHIDAE, Moth

Oliva vidua macleayi Duclos, 1798, OLIVIDAE, Snail

Onthobium macleayi Montrouzier, 1869, SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Oxysternon macleayi (Nevinson, 1892), SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Pallodes macleayi Kirjetshuk, 1995, NITIDULIDAE, Beetle

Pamborus macleayi Castelnau, 1867, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Paracalais macleayi ELATERIDAE, Beetle

Pediomorphus macleayi Sloane, 1899, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Pheropsophus macleayi Sloane, 1894, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Phyllotocus macleayi Fischer, 1823, SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Platagarista macleayi (W.J. Macleay 1864)
AGARISTIDAE, Whistling Moth

Platydema macleayi Carter, 1926, TENEBRIONIDAE, Beetle

Pleuropoma macleayi HELICINIDAE, Mollusc

Psepholax macleayi Schönherr, 1847, CURCULIONIDAE, Weevil

Pupa macleayi Brazier, 1876, MOLLUSCA, Mollusc

Pupina macleayi Brazier, 1875, MOLLUSCA Mollusc

Rybaxis macleayi Lea, 1911, PSELAPHIDAE, Beetle

Sarticus macleayi Sloane, 1889, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Schizognathus macleayi Fischer von Waldheim, 1823, SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Spenceriella macleayi (Fletcher, 1889), MEGASCOLECIDAE, Earthworm

Sphaerospira macleayi (Cox, 1865),
also known as Helix macleayi, CAMAENIDAE, Mollusc

Pteronotus macleayii (Gray, 1839),
MORMOOPIDAE, Moustache Bat

Spurilla macleayi, AEOLIDINA, Sea Slug

Stereoderus macleayi Lea, 1896, CURCULIONIDAE, Weevil

Sympetes macleayi Pascoe, 1866, TENEBRIONIDAE, Beetle

Synclidopus macleayanus Chabanaud, 1943, ACHIRIDAE Fish

Todirhamphus macleayii, (Jardine & Selby, 1830),
DACELOONIDAE, Forest Kingfisher

Tachys macleayi Sloane, 1896, CARABIDAE, Beetle

Tmesiphorus macleayi King, 1863, PSELAPHIDAE, Beetle

Trichaulax macleayi Kraatz, 1894, SCARABAEIDAE, Beetle

Triplatoma macleayi Lacordaire, 1842, EROTYLIDAE, Beetle

Typhocesis macleayi Pascoe, 1863, CERAMBYCIDAE, Beetle

Ulomoides macleayi Carter, 1926, TENEBRIONIDAE, Beetle

Xanthotis macleayana (Ramsay, 1875)
MELIPHAGIDAE, Honeyeater

Lyssa macleayi
(Photo: courtesy of Neil Hewett, Cooper Creek Wildernes)

Himantura granulata (Macleay, 1883) Macleay's Coachwhip Ray

Cyclopsitta diopthalma macleayana, Macleays Fig Parrot

Extatosoma tiaratum, Macleay's Spectre Stick Insect

Enhydris polylepis (Fischer, 1886) Macleay's Water Snake

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(updated 15 May 2012, 15 May 2017, 7 June 2020, 9 May 2025)