Species Anomotarus (Anomotarus) umbratus (Blackburn, 1890)

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• Phloeocarabus umbratus Blackburn, T. 1890. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4: 707-746 [709].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♂, Adelaide, SA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Baehr, M. 2006. The Australian species of the genus Anomotarus Chaudoir, subgenus Anomotarus s. str. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae). Coleoptera [2005] 9: 11-107 [43].

  Secondary source:

   Baehr, M. 2006. The Australian species of the genus Anomotarus Chaudoir, subgenus Anomotarus s. str. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae). Coleoptera [2005] 9: 11-107 [43-44].

Generic Combinations

• Anomotarus umbratus (Blackburn, 1890). —
  Csiki, E. 1932. Carabidae III: Harpalinae VII. pp. 1279-1598 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 3 Pars 124. [Date published 7/Nov/1932] [1493]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Central Ranges (CR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

'probably a halophile'.

General References

Baehr, M. 2006. The Australian species of the genus Anomotarus Chaudoir, subgenus Anomotarus s. str. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Lebiinae). Coleoptera [2005] 9: 11-107 [43] (revision, new records)

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