Species Carenum politum Westwood, 1842
- Carenum politum Westwood, J.O. 1842. On the Scaritideous beetles of New Holland. 81-90 pl. 24 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.). Arcana Entomologica or illustrations of new rare and interesting insects. London : Smith Vol. 1 iv 192 pp. 48 pls. [84].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM (or BMNH*), TAS (as Van Dieman^'s Land).
Distribution
States
Tasmania
IBRA
Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: flightless, fossorial, nocturnal, predator, sandy soil, terrestrial.
General References
Garetto, R. & Giachino, P.M. 2005. Notes on the genus Carenum Bonelli, 1813 (Coleoptera, Carabidae). I. The types of The Natural History Museum (London) and of the Oxford University Museum (Oxford). pp. 11-72 in Daccordi, M. & Giachino, P.M. (eds). Results of the Zoological Missions to Australia of the Regional Museum of Natural Sciences of Turin, Italy. II. Monografie del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 42, 644 pp. [33]
History of changes
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |