Species Ectatommiphila opaca (Lea, 1912)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chlamydopsis opaca Lea, A.M. 1912. Australian and Tasmanian Coleoptera inhabiting or resorting to the nests of ants, bees, and termites. Supplement. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 25(1): 31-78 pl. II [Date published Aug. 1912] [71].

 

Generic Combinations

• Ectatommiphila opaca (Lea, 1912).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Goodna, National Park (MacPherson Ranges), Hunters Hill, Geelong, Kiata, You Yangs.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: inquiline (host(s): Rhytidoponera metallica (Smith, 1858) [FORMICIDAE]), predator, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

Extra Ecological Information

In nests of ants.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Sep-2022	HYDROPHILOIDEA	28-Sep-2022	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	02-Aug-2022	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
01-Jul-2020		28-Sep-2022	MODIFIED
		28-Sep-2022	MODIFIED