Species Anthracalaus australis Fleutiaux, 1940

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anthracalaus australis Fleutiaux, E. 1940. Elatérides nouveaux. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 80: 89-104 [91].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, VIC; undoubtedly incorrect, see Calder (1990: 557).

  Subsequent designation 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 [43].

  Type locality references:

  Calder, A.A. 1990. Anthracalaus australis Fleutiaux, a little–known Australian elaterid (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with a key to related genera. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(5): 551-563 [Date published Mar. 22, 1990].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: 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), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

General References

Calder, A.A. 1990. Anthracalaus australis Fleutiaux, a little–known Australian elaterid (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with a key to related genera. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3(5): 551-563 [Date published Mar. 22, 1990] (distribution, taxonomy)

 

History of changes

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