Species Coptocarpus nitidus Macleay, 1873
- Coptocarpus nitidus Macleay, W.J. 1873. Miscellanea entomologica. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 319-370 [330].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) not located, Cape York, QLD. - Coptocarpus oviformis Chaudoir, M. de 1882. Monographie des Oodides. Deuxième partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 2: 485-554 [511].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP ♀, Cape York, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Erwin, T.L. 1974. The genus Coptocarpus Chaudoir of the Australian Region with notes on related African species. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Oodini). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 184: 1–25 [11].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sloane, T.G. 1910. Revisional notes on Australian Carabidae. Part iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 35: 435-458 [451]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Lockerbie and Bamaga.
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: flightless, hygrophilous, nocturnal, predator, terrestrial.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Jul-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |