Species Gigadema longipenne (Germar, 1848)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Helluo longipenne Germar, E.F. 1848. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica 3: 153-247 [162].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB, Adelaide, SA.
• Gigadema politulum Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [83].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Gayndah, QLD; AM K11310, K149902 2 specimens, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1914. Revisional notes on Australian Carabidae. Part v. Tribe Helluonini. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 568-614 [608]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: arboreal, predator, terrestrial, under bark, volant.

General References

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 [876] (taxonomy)

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