Species Cryptalaus funebris (Candèze, 1857)

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Species Cryptalaus funebris (Candèze, 1857)

Alaus funebris Candèze, E. 1857. Monographie des Elatérides 1. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 12: 1-400 [233].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH sex undetermined, Moreton Bay, QLD.
Subsequent designation 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] [272]; Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. [76] (interprets Neboiss' incorrect inference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
Type locality 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] [272].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Moreton Bay, Yaamba, QLD.

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

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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

General References

Heller, K.M. 1900. Systematische Aufzählung der Coleopteren mit Neubeschreibungen von Arten von E. Brenske und J. Faust. pp. 615-626 in Semon, R. (ed.). Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5 778 pp. [620] (recorded specimens from Merauke (8º28´S 140º22´E), New Guinea)

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
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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