Species Cryptalaus lectilis (Candèze, 1897)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alaus lectilis Candèze, E. 1897. Elatérides nouveaux. Sixième fascicule. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 2 29: 1-88 [15].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RIB ♀, NSW (as Nouvelle-Galles du Sud); exact locality unknown.

  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] [269]; Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. [77] (interprets Neboiss' incorrect inference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

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)