Species Arthropterus melbournei (Westwood, 1874)
- Cerapterus (Arthropterus) melbournei Westwood, J.O. 1874. Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis; or, Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, for the most part contained in the collections presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F.W. Hope, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S., etc., with forty plates from drawings by the author. Oxford : Macmillan xxiv 205 pp. 40 pls. [77 pl. 15 fig. 5] [emmended from melbournii by Janssens, E. 1953. Cupesidae, Paussidae. pp. 1–84 in Hincks, W.D. (ed). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 4 Pars 5].
Type data:
Holotype OUM, Melbourne, VIC.Secondary source:
Janssens, E. 1953. Cupesidae, Paussidae. pp. 1-84 in Hincks, W.D. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 4(5). [Date published 3-Jun-53].
Distribution
States
Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
IBRA
Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial.
General References
Desneux, J. 1905. Coleoptera Adephaga (Fam. Paussidae). Genera Insectorum 35: 1-34 pl. 1-2 [10] (taxonomy)
History of changes
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