Species Carenum subcyaneum Macleay, 1869

• Carenum subcyaneum Macleay, W.J. 1869. On the Scaritidae of New Holland. 4th paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 58-70 [66].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 of 5 specimens located, SA.
• Carenum rugatum Blackburn, T. 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 52-71 [before Dec. 1888] [62].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Fowlers Bay, SA.
• Carenum sulcaticeps Sloane, T.G. 1897. On the Carenides (Fam. Carabidae). No. III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22: 190-229 [199].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC (Sloane coll.) ♀ hindbody only, Eucla, WA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1905. Revisional notes on Australian Carabidae. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 30: 103-135 [119]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA

SA, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)

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. [16] (types of rugatum)

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