Species Crepidomenus australis (Boisduval, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Elater australis Boisduval, J.B.A.D. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu Vol. 2 vii 267 pp. [108].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1959. Some type designations, with notes on Pacific Elateridae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 1(4): 347-414 [Date published Dec. 25, 1959] [403].

  Type locality references:

  Calder, A.A. 1986. Classification, relationships and distribution of the Crepidomeninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 122: 1-220 [Date published Dec. 18, 1986] [51].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)