Species Chlamydopsis ectatommae Lea, 1912

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chlamydopsis ectatommae Lea, A.M. 1912. Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees, and termites. Supplement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 25(1): 31-78 pl. II [Date published Aug. 1912] [67].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA, 'N. S. Wales'.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Caterino, M.S. 2003. New species of Chlamydopsis (Histeridae: Chlamydopsinae), with a review and phylogenetic analysis of all known species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 159-235 [183].
• Chlamydopsis ectatommae rufomaculatus Oke, C. 1923. Notes on the Victorian Chlamydopsini (Coleoptera), with descriptions of new species. Victorian Naturalist 40(8): 152-162 [153] [as Chlamydopsis ectatommae var. rufomaculatus].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA, 'Victoria: Melton; Bacchus Marsh, in nests of Chalcoponera metallica'.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mazur, S. 1997. A world catalogue of Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea). Genus Supplement 1997: 1-373 [Date published Nov/1997] [4]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

ACT: Black Mtn; NSW: Gladesville; Vic: Bacchus Marsh, Melton, Lakes Entrance; SA: Mount Lofty Ranges, Brookfield Conservation Park.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: inquiline (host(s): Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858) [FORMICIDAE]), predator, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

Extra Ecological Information

In nests of ants.

 

General References

Caterino, M.S. 2003. New species of Chlamydopsis (Histeridae: Chlamydopsinae), with a review and phylogenetic analysis of all known species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 49: 159-235 [183] (diagnosis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022	HYDROPHILOIDEA	28-Sep-2022	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	02-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
01-Jul-2020		28-Sep-2022	MODIFIED
		28-Sep-2022	MODIFIED