Species Amblystomus quadriguttatus (Motschulsky, 1858)

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• Hispalis quadriguttatus Motschulsky, V. 1858. Entomologie spéciale. Insectes des Indies orientales. in, Motschulsky, V. (ed.) Études Entomologiques. Helsingfors : Soc. Lit. Finnoise Pt. 7 192 pp. 2 pls. [24] [this species was missidentified as Amblystomus (Megaristerus) indicus Nietner, 1858 by Sloane, T.G. 1920. A list of the species of the Australian Carabidae which range beyond Australia and its dependent islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 320–323 [321]].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMM, British India.

  Secondary source:

   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; Csiki, E. 1931. Carabidae II: Harpalinae V. pp. 739-1022 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coelopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 2 Pars 115. [Date published 12/Feb/1931] [925].
• Amblystomus (Megaristerus) guttatus Bates, H.W. 1873. Descriptions of new genera and species of geodephagous Coleoptera from China. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 323-334 [327].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Foochow, China.
• Acupalpus ornatus Macleay, W.J. 1888. The insects of King's Sound and its vicinity. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 443-480 [474].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, King Sound, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Andrewes, H.E. 1933. On the types of Oriental Carabidae described by V. de Motschulsky. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 81: 1-19 [10]
• Moore, B.P. 1987. Suborder Adephaga. pp. 17-366 in Houston, W.W.K. & Richardson, B.J.R. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Coleoptera: Archostemata, Myxophaga and Adephaga. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 4 viii 444 pp.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial.

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