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Species Harpalus australasiae Dejean, 1829

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

 

Introduction

Kataev (2021) noted that the systematic position of this species has been changed repeatedly (see Generic Combinations), most recently with Larochelle & Larivière (2005) referring it back to the original placement in Harpalus. However Kataev (2021) believed that the re-description of H. australasiae by Larochelle & Larivière (2005), while correctly placing the species in Harpalus, was actually based on specimens of H. parvulus, a widely introduced species native to southern Africa. He suggested that the status of H. australasiae Dejean, 1829 required further study and that the only extant type, a female holotype, may originally have been a mislabelled specimen from Africa. Kataev (2021) further noted that some records of H. australasiae from Australia and New Zealand were referable to Hypharpax australis (Dejean, 1929) and some other species of Hypharpax and that a revision of that genus was also much needed.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Melbourne and King Is.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: granivore, omnivore, terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
21-Sep-2021 CARABIDAE Latreille, 1802 21-Sep-2021 MOVED
04-Aug-2021 CARABIDAE Latreille, 1802 21-Sep-2021 MODIFIED
13-Aug-2013 13-Aug-2013 MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012 23-Jul-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)