Species Diamesus osculans (Vigors, 1825)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Necrodes osculans Vigors, N.A. 1825. Descriptions of some rare, interesting, or hitherto uncharacterized subjects of zoology. Zoological Journal London 1: 409-418, 526-542 [537].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (with printed label 'Madras Major Sale'), India Orientali.
• Necrodes bifasciatus Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon Marvis Vol. Livr. 1 & 2 livr. 1 pp. 1-96. livr. 2 pp. 97-176. [118] [nomen nudum; attrib. Spinola].
• Diamesus osculans reductus Pic, M. 1917. Descriptions abrégés diverses. Mélanges Exotico-Entomologiques, Moulins 26: 2-24 [2] [as Diamesus osculans var. reductus].
• Diamesus osculans diffusus Portevin, G. 1926. Les grandes nécrophages du globe. Encyclopédie Entomologique A 6: 1-270 [172] [as Diamesus osculans ab diffusus infrasubspecific, unavailable (Art. 45.6.2)].

 

Generic Combinations

• Diamesus osculans (Vigors, 1825).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Distributed from Sri Lanka and southern India to Vietnam and through Malaysia, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, New Britain, New Guinea and northern Australia through to the south east of NSW.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• India
• Indonesia
  • Java
  • Sumatra
• Malaysia
• Philippines
• Sri Lanka
• Thailand
• Vietnam

Ecological Descriptors

Carrion feeder, pastures, tall closed forest, tall open forest.

 

General References

King, J.E., Riegler, M., Thomas, R.G. & Spooner-Hart, R.N. 2015. Phylogenetic placement of Australian carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Austral Entomology

Williams, G. 1981. Records of the carrion beetle Diamesus osculans Vigors (Silphidae: Coleoptera) from New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 8: 47 [47]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Apr-2011		20-Apr-2011	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)