Genus Amblystomus Erichson, 1837

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• Amblystomus Erichson, W.F. 1837. Die Käfer der Mark Brandenburg. Berlin : F.H. Morin Vol. 1 Abt. viii + 384 pp. [59].

  Type species:

   Acupalpus mauritanicus Dejean, 1829 by subsequent designation, see Andrewes, H.E. 1939. Papers on Oriental Carabidae. XXXV. On the types of some Indian genera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 3: 128-139 [130].

  Secondary source:

   Noonan, G.R. 1976. Synopsis of the supra-specific taxa of the tribe Harpalini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 13: 3-87 [54].
• Megaristerus Nietner, J. 1858. Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 2: 175-183, 418-431 [427].

  Type species:

   Megaristerus indicus Nietner, 1858 by subsequent designation, see Basilewsky, P. 1951. Révision générale des Harpalinae d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Coleoptera Carabidae). Part II. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren Belgique 6: 7-333 6 pls [275].
• Notophilus Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [185].

  Type species:

   Notophilus gracilus Blackburn, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Basilewsky, P. 1951. Révision générale des Harpalinae d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Coleoptera Carabidae). Part II. Annales du Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale Tervuren Belgique 6: 7-333 6 pls [275].
• Thenarotidius 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 [461].

  Type species:

   Bembidium gagatinum Macleay, 1871 by original designation.
• Psilonothus 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 [557].

  Type species:

   Psilonothus ovalis Sloane, 1900 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1920. The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 113-178 [135]

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CARABIDAE: Megaristerus indicus Nietner, 1858 — Sloane, T.G. 1920. A list of the species of Australian Carabidae which range beyond Australia and its dependent islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 320–323 [321] (has been missidentified and included in the Australian fauna; it is found in India)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, 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), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), 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), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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