Genus Anthracalaus Fairmaire, 1888

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Genus Anthracalaus Fairmaire, 1888

Anthracalaus Fairmaire, L. 1888. Descriptions de coléoptères de l'Indo-Chine. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 8: 333-378 [349].
Type species:
Alaus westermanni Candèze, 1857 by original designation.
Pseudomelanactes Mathieu, J.M. 1961. Revision of the genus Melanactes, with a proposed new genus (Coleoptera, Elateridae). American Midland Naturalist 65: 457-480 [474].
Type species:
Melanactes agrypnoides Van Dyke, 1932 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Calder, A.A. & von Hayek, C.M.F. 1992. A reappraisal and revision of the genus Anthracalaus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Entomologica Scandinavica 23(1): 11-62 [349]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South-East Asia, Indo-Malayan archipelago.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
Solomon Islands

Nearctic Region

United States of America
- Arizona

Oriental Region

India

Palaearctic Region

Japan

Distribution References

Calder, A.A. & von Hayek, C.M.F. 1992. A reappraisal and revision of the genus Anthracalaus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Entomologica Scandinavica 23(1): 11-62 [16]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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