Genus Mecyclothorax Sharp, 1903
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Csiki, E. 1929. Carabidae II: Harpalinae III. pp. 347-528 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 1 Pars 104. [Date published 20/Mar/1929] [487]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
New Guinea; widely distributed throughout eastern, southern and southwestern Australia; widely distributed in New Guinea, New Caledonia, Borneo, Java, Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand, Norfolk Island, Lord Howe Island and several subantarctic islands, e.g. Amsterdam and St. Paul.
IBRA
South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
- Baehr, M. 1998. A further new species of the genus Mecyclothorax Sharp from western New Guinea (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae, Psydrinae). Spixiana (Munich) 21(1): 21-24 [Date published 1/Mar/1998]
- Baehr, M. 2003. Psydrine ground beetles (Coleoptera: Cararbidae: Psydrinae), excluding Amblytelini, of eastern Queensland rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 65-109 [67]
Diagnosis References
Baehr, M. 2003. Psydrine ground beetles (Coleoptera: Cararbidae: Psydrinae), excluding Amblytelini, of eastern Queensland rainforests. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49(1): 65-109 [67] (key to Queensland taxa of Mecyclothorax Sharp)
General References
Liebherr, J.K. 2018. Taxonomic review of Australian Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) with special emphasis on the M. lophoides (Chaudoir) species complex. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(2): 117–224
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2019 | CARABIDAE Latreille, 1802 | 25-Jan-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Jul-2012 | 15-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |