Species Chlamydopsis reticulata Lea, 1910

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Species Chlamydopsis reticulata Lea, 1910

Chlamydopsis reticulata Lea, A.M. 1910. Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees, and termites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 23(1): 116-230 pls XXV-XXVII [Date published Aug. 1910] [199].
Type data:
Holotype (Caterino (2003) notes that 'this specimen data conflicts with Lea's original citation of the type specimen: "Australia (a single specimen, without locality label, from the late Rev. R. L. King's collection)"; it is thus unclear why 'N.S.W.' appears on the type label'), Australia.
Chlamydopsis excavata Lea, A.M. 1910. Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees, and termites. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 23(1): 116-230 pls XXV-XXVII [Date published Aug. 1910] [200].
Type data:
Holotype Tasmania, near Hobart.
Chlamydopsis puncticollis Oke, C. 1923. Notes on the Victorian Chlamydopsini (Coleoptera), with descriptions of new species. Victorian Naturalist 40(8): 152-162 [156].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV ♂, Vic, Ferntree Gully.
Paralectotype(s) NMV ♂, Vic, Ferntree Gully.
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 [167].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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 [167]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

NSW: Como, Sydney; Vic: Beaconsfiled, Belgrave, Ferntree Gully; ACR: Black Mtn.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), 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
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- 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 [167] (diagnosis, lectotype designation)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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
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