Species Pseudotetracha corpulenta (Horn, 1907)

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• Megacephala murchisona corpulenta Horn, W. 1907. A new subspecies of Megacephala murchisona form north Queensland. Notes from the Leyden Museum 29: 63-64 [63].

  Type data:

   Holotype IPK ♀, N QLD.

  Secondary source:

   McCairns, R.F. 1978. Taxonomy and Biology of Australian Cicindelinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Unpubl. Ph.D. Thesis. Sydney : Univ. Sydney 292 pp. [133].
• Megacephala murchisona elongata Horn, W. 1934. Ueber die Gattungen Megacephala und Apteroessa. Natuurhistorisch Maandblad 23: 154-156 [154].

  Type data:

   Lectotype DEIB ♀, Violet Lake, Wiluna, WA (as Violet-Sees).
  Paralectotype(s) DEIB 9 specimens, Violet Lake, Wiluna, WA (as Violet-Sees); MCZ 7 specimens, Violet Lake, Wiluna, WA (as Violet-Sees); QM 1 specimen, Violet Lake, Wiluna, WA (as Violet-Sees); WSPC 1 specimen.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Sumlin, W.D. 1997. Studies on the Australian Cicindelidae XII: Additions to Megacephala, Nickerlea and Cicindela with notes (Coleoptera). Cicindelidae: Bulletin of Worldwide Research 4(4): 1-56 [Date published 5/May/1997] [5].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sumlin, W.D. 1997. Studies on the Australian Cicindelidae XII: Additions to Megacephala, Nickerlea and Cicindela with notes (Coleoptera). Cicindelidae: Bulletin of Worldwide Research 4(4): 1-56 [Date published 5/May/1997] [5]

Generic Combinations

• Pseudotetracha corpulenta (Horn, 1907).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Megacephala (Pseudotetracha) corpulenta Horn, 1907.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nocturnal, predator, riparian, terrestrial.

Larva: burrower, predator.

General References

Sumlin, W.D. 1997. Studies on the Australian Cicindelidae XII: Additions to Megacephala, Nickerlea and Cicindela with notes (Coleoptera). Cicindelidae: Bulletin of Worldwide Research 4(4): 1-56 [Date published 5/May/1997] (recognised as full species)

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