Species Craspedophorus rockhamptonensis (Castelnau, 1867)
- Eudema rockhamptonensis Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [60].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCG, Rockhampton, QLD. - Epicosmus obesulus Sloane, T.G. 1903. Studies in Australian Entomology. No XII New Carabidae (Panageini, Bembidiini, Pogonini, Platysmatini, Platynini, Lebiini, with revisional lists of genera and speecis [sic], some notes on synonymy, etc.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 566-642 [568].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) 2 specimens, Townsville, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sloane, T.G. 1923. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. XVIII New genera and species of Carabidae. (Scaritini, Pterostichini, Merizodini, Bembidiini, Trechini, Odacanthini, Panagaeini, Licinini, and Lebiini). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 17-39 [33]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Byfield, 40 miles Scrub Natl. Park and type localities.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: flightless, low open scrub, predator, terrestrial.
General References
Andrewes, H.E. 1919. On the types of Oriental Carabidae in the British Museum, and in the Hope Dept. of the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1919: 119-217 [127] (taxonomy)
Moore, B.P. 1979. Chemical defense in Carabids and its bearing on phylogeny. pp. 193-203 in Erwin, T.L., Ball, G.E., Whitehead, D.R. & Halpern, A.L. (eds). Carabid beetles: Their evolution, natural history, and classification. The Hague : W. Junk vii 635 pp. [202]
History of changes
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