Species Eucurtia comata (Blackburn, 1901)

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Species Eucurtia comata (Blackburn, 1901)

Chlamydopsis comata Blackburn, T. 1901. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 25: 99-131 [129].
Eucurtia paradoxa Mjöberg, E. 1912. On a new termitophilous genus of the family Histeridae. Entomologisk Tidskrift 33: 121-124 [122].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Mazur, S. 1997. A world catalogue of Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea). Genus Supplement 1997: 1-373 [Date published Nov/1997] [5]

Generic Combinations

Eucurtia comata (Blackburn, 1901).

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mt Lofty Ranges, Williamstown, Woodville.

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

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: S Gulfs

Ecological Descriptors

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

Larva: predator.

Extra Ecological Information

In nests of ants and termites.

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)
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

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