Genus Epilectus Blackburn, 1888

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• Epilectus Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [177] [nom. nov. for Eurygnathus Blackburn, 1888].
• Eurygnathus Blackburn, T. 1888. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 12-30 [12] [junior homonym of Eurygnathus Wollaston, 1854].

  Type species:

   Eurygnathus fortis Blackburn, 1888 by monotypy.
• Carenarchus Sloane, T.G. 1905. Revisional notes on Australian Carabidae. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 29: 699-733 [706] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Epilectus Blackburn, 1887].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Csiki, E. 1929. Carabidae II: Harpalinae III. pp. 347-528 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 1 Pars 104. [Date published 20/Mar/1929] [461]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Riverina (RIV), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

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