Species Nurus atlas (Castelnau, 1867)
- Feronia atlas Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [117].
Type data:
Lectotype MCG (The name ‘Clarence River’ was used as a broad district name that included the Clarence River watershed and adjacent areas during the early days of settlement in the mid-1800s when the types were collected. The species does not occur in the Clarence River watershed but in a very restricted part of the Richmond River drainage a little further north (Will & Monteith 2018)), Clarence River, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Straneo, S.L. 1936. Sui tipi dei Platysmatini (Coleopt. Carabid.) Australiani della collezione Castelnau, nel Museo Civico di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 59: 246-259 [248]. - Feronia obesa Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [118].
Type data:
Lectotype MCG (The name ‘Clarence River’ was used as a broad district name that included the Clarence River watershed and adjacent areas during the early days of settlement in the mid-1800s when the types were collected. The species does not occur in the Clarence River watershed but in a very restricted part of the Richmond River drainage a little further north (Will & Monteith 2018)), Clarence River, NSW.Subsequent designation references:
Straneo, S.L. 1936. Sui tipi dei Platysmatini (Coleopt. Carabid.) Australiani della collezione Castelnau, nel Museo Civico di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 59: 246-259 [248]. - Homalosoma crassiforme Sloane, T.G. 1900. Studies in Australian Entomology. No IX New species of Carabidae (with notes on some previously described species, and synoptic lists of species). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 24: 553-584 [570].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV (type locality 'spurious' (Will & Monteith 2018)), Cairns, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Tschitschérine, T. 1902. Notes sur les Platysmatini de l'Australie. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 35: 502-534 [519]
Generic Combinations
- Nurus atlas (Castelnau, 1867). —
Tschitschérine, T. 1902. Platysmatini (Coleoptera, Carabidae) nouveaux ou peu connus de l’Asie orientale. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 35: 494-501
Introduction
This species belongs to Nurus sensu stricto (Will & Monteith 2018)
Distribution
States
New South Wales
Extra Distribution Information
The entire distribution lies within a 10 km radius of the town of Alstonville in northern New South Wales (Charley & Andren 2018, Will & Monteith 2018)
IBRA
NSW: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Distribution References
- Charley, D. & Andren, M. 2018. The distribution and conservation of the endangered Atlas Rainforest Ground-beetle, Nurus atlas (Laporte, 1867) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in northeast New South Wales. Australian Entomologist 45(4): 389-402
- Will, K. & Monteith, G.B. 2018. Multi-locus phylogeny, taxonomic review and description of new species of Australian 'Nurus' (Sensu Stricto) Motschulsky, 1865 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Australian Entomologist 45(4): 353–388 [360]
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: burrower, closed forest, flightless, predator, terrestrial.
General References
Will, K. & Monteith, G.B. 2018. Multi-locus phylogeny, taxonomic review and description of new species of Australian 'Nurus' (Sensu Stricto) Motschulsky, 1865 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Australian Entomologist 45(4): 353–388
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Apr-2019 | CARABIDAE Latreille, 1802 | 06-Feb-2019 | MODIFIED | |
13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
19-Jul-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |