Genus Cryptalaus Ôhira, 1967

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Genus Cryptalaus Ôhira, 1967

Cryptalaus Ôhira,H. 1967. The Elateridae of the Ryukyu Archipelago, I (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Shikoku Entomological Society 9: 95-106 [97].
Type species:
Alaus putridus Candèze, 1857 by original designation.
Paracalais Neboiss, A. 1967. The genera Paracalais gen. nov. and Austrocalais gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 80(2): 259-288 [Date published Jul. 28, 1967] [261].
Type species:
Alaus suboculatus Candèze, 1857 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Ôhira, H. 1990. Notes on the genus Paracalais and its allied genera. Gekkan-Mushi 234: 19-21 [21]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Malayan and Indonesian archipelagos.

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, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Norfolk Island
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau
Palau

Oriental Region

Distribution References

Neboiss, A. 1967. The genera Paracalais gen. nov. and Austrocalais gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 80(2): 259-288 [Date published Jul. 28, 1967] [261]

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)
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	16-Jan-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
		18-Feb-2013	MODIFIED

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