Species Philophlaeus eucalypti Germar, 1848

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• Philophlaeus eucalypti Germar, E.F. 1848. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica 3: 153-247 [164].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB, Adelaide, SA.
• Philophlaeus grandiceps Chaudoir, M. de 1869. Mémoire sur les Coptodérides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 12: 163-256 [216].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀, Adelaide, SA.
• Philophlaeus eucalypti tasmaniae Blackburn, T. 1892. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 7(I): 65-151 [78].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 1 specimen located, TAS.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1898. On Carabidae from West Australia, sent by Mr. A.M. Lea (with descriptions of new genera and species, synoptic tables etc.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23: 444-520 [506]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: on eucalypts, predator, under bark, volant.

General References

Moore, B.P. 1979. Chemical defense in Carabids and its bearing on phylogeny. pp. 193-203 in Erwin, T.L., Ball, G.E., Whitehead, D.R. & Halpern, A.L. (eds). Carabid beetles: Their evolution, natural history, and classification. The Hague : W. Junk vii 635 pp. [201]

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