Species Colpodes hilaris (Olliff, 1889)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Dyscolus hilaris Olliff, A.S. 1889. The insect fauna of Lord Howe Island. Memoirs of the Australian Museum ii(4): 75-98 pl vi [80] [this is not a true Colpodes and needs to be moved to another genus; Moore, B.P. 1985. The Carabidae of Norfolk Island. pp. 237–256 in Ball, G.E. (ed). Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Zoogeography of Beetles and Ants. A Volume Dedicated to the Memory of Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr 1904–1983 (Series Entomologia 33). Dordrecht : W. Junk [249] (248)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM, Lord Howe Island.

  Secondary source:

   Moore, B.P. 1985. The Carabidae of Norfolk Island. pp. 237-256 in Ball, G.E. (ed.). Taxonomy, Phylogeny and Zoogeography of Beetles and Ants. A Volume Dedicated to the Memory of Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr 1904–1983 (Series Entomologia 33). Dordrecht : Dr W. Junk.

Generic Combinations

• Notoplatynus hilaris (Oliff, 1899). —
  Moore, B.P. 1992. The Carabidae of Lord Howe Island (Coleoptera: Carabidae). pp. 159-173 in Noonan, G.R., Ball, G.E. & Stork, N.E. (eds). The Biogeography of Ground Beetles of Mountains and Islands. Andover, Hampshire, UK : Intercept 256 pp. [167]
• Colpodes hilaris (Olliff, 1889).

Distribution

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: apterous, predator.

General References

Csiki, E. 1931. Carabidae II: Harpalinae V. pp. 739-1022 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coelopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 2 Pars 115. [Date published 12/Feb/1931] [754] (taxonomy)

Moore, B.P. 1992. The Carabidae of Lord Howe Island (Coleoptera: Carabidae). pp. 159-173 in Noonan, G.R., Ball, G.E. & Stork, N.E. (eds). The Biogeography of Ground Beetles of Mountains and Islands. Andover, Hampshire, UK : Intercept 256 pp. [167] (Lord Howe Island records, in Notoplatynus)

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