• Gestroania Liebke, M. 1938. Denkschrift über die Carabiden-Tribus Colliurini. pp. 37–141 in, Festschrift zum 60 geburtstage von Professor Dr Embrik Strand. Vol. 4. [89].

  Type species:

   Casnonia amplipennis Gestro, 1875 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Diagnosis References

Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [166; 170] (diagnosis; key to species)

General References

Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [170] (key to Australian species)

History of changes

• Casnonia amplipennis Gestro, R. 1875. Note sopra alcuni Carabici appartenenti al Museo Civico di Genova con descrizione di specie nuove. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 1 7(2): 850-894 [853].

  Type data:

   Holotype MCG ♀ (Coll. Castelnau ), Swan River, WA.

Generic Combinations

• Gestroania amplipennis (Gestro, 1875). —
  Liebke, M. 1938. Denkschrift über die Carabiden-Tribus Colliurini. pp. 37–141 in, Festschrift zum 60 geburtstage von Professor Dr Embrik Strand. Vol. 4. [89]
• Eudalia amplipennis (Gestro, 1875). —
  Sloane, T.G. 1917. Carabidae from tropical Australia. (New genera and species, notes and synonymy, and synoptic tables. Tribes Scaritini, Harpalini, Odacanthini, Lebiini, and Helluonini). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 42: 406-438 [413]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Southern half of WA from Nicol Bay to Perth.

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: hygrophilous, predator.

Diagnosis References

Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [166; 167] (diagnosis; supplementary description)

General References

Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [166] (supplementary description)

Baehr, M. 2009. New genera and species and new records of odacanthine carabid beetles from the Australian, Papuan, and Oriental regions (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Odacanthini). Spixiana (Munich) 32(2): 201-229 [Date published 30-XI-2009] [205] (new records)

History of changes

• Eudalia froggatti Macleay, W.J. 1888. The insects of King's Sound and its vicinity. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 443-480 [448].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC(MMUS) ? sex (damaged), Macl. Barrier Range, N WA.

Generic Combinations

• Gestroania froggatti (Macleay, 1888). —
  Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [167]
• Dicraspeda froggatti (Macleay, 1888). —
  Sloane, T.G. 1923. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. XVIII New genera and species of Carabidae. (Scaritini, Pterostichini, Merizodini, Bembidiini, Trechini, Odacanthini, Panagaeini, Licinini, and Lebiini). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 17-39 [31]

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Diagnosis References

Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [167] (diagnosis; supplementary description)

General References

Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [167] (new records)

History of changes

• Gestroania setipennis Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [167].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Greenvale, 70km SW.
  Paratype(s) QM ♂ (more depositories; more localities), Split Rock, 14km S of Laura.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Diagnosis References

Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [168] (diagnosis)

History of changes

• Gestroania storeyi Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [169].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM QMT 99171 ♂, N WA, Kununurra.
  Paratype(s) CBM 4 ♀ (more depositories), N WA, Kununurra.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

A rare species, so far only recorded from Kununurra and Wyndham in extreme north-eastern Western Australia, and from Katherine in the northern part of Northern Territory. No record is available from between both areas (Baehr 2016).

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Distribution References

Diagnosis References

Baehr, M. 2005. A revision of the Australian Odacanthine ground beetles, including checklist for Australia and the Papuan subregion (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 50(2): 133-193 [169] (diagnosis)

General References

Baehr, M. 2009. New genera and species and new records of odacanthine carabid beetles from the Australian, Papuan, and Oriental regions (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Odacanthini). Spixiana (Munich) 32(2): 201-229 [Date published 30-XI-2009] [205] (new records)

History of changes