Species Cryptalaus suboculatus (Candèze, 1857)

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Species Cryptalaus suboculatus (Candèze, 1857)

Alaus suboculatus Candèze, E. 1857. Monographie des Elatérides 1. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège 12: 1-400 [229].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Australia (as Nouvelle Hollande.
Alaus variegatus Schwarz, O. 1902. Neue Elateriden aus Australien. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1902(i): 113-126 [Date published Jul. 31, 1902] [114].
Type data:
Syntype(s) DEIB 2 specimens, QLD; exact locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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] [276]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

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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