Species Aenigma iris Newman, 1836

Museums

Regional Maps

• Aenigma iris Newman, E. 1836. Entomological notes. Entomological Magazine. London 3: 499-501 [499].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Australia (as New Holland).
• Aenigma newmanni 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)] [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG, Cooks River, NSW.
• Aenigma splendens 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)] [23].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MCG, Port Denison, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gestro, R. 1875. Note sopra alcuni Carabici appartenenti al Museo Civico di Genova con descrizione di specie nuove. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 1 7(2): 850-894 [873]
• Sloane, T.G. 1914. Revisional notes on Australian Carabidae. Part v. Tribe Helluonini. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 568-614 [611]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: arboreal, predator, under bark, volant.

History of changes