Species Castelnaudia spec (Darlington, 1962)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trichosternus spec Darlington, P.J. Jr 1962. Australian carabid beetles VII. Trichosternus, especially the tropical species. Psyche (Cambridge) 1961 68: 113-130 [128].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCZ 30,363 ♂, Mt Spec plateau (2–3,000 ft), QLD.
  Paratype(s) MCZ 33 specimens, Mt Spec plateau (2–3,000 ft), QLD; ANIC 2 specimens, Mt Spec plateau (2–3,000 ft), QLD; SAMA 2 specimens, Mt Spec plateau (2–3,000 ft), QLD; PCBP ♂ ♀, Mt Spec plateau (2–3,000 ft), QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: closed forest, flightless, predator, terrestrial.

 

General References

Moore, B.P. 1965. Studies on Australian Carabidae (Coleoptera). 4. The Pterostichinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 117: 1-32 [20] (taxonomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Aug-2013		13-Aug-2013	MODIFIED
19-Jul-2012		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)