Species Gnathaphanus philippensis (Chevrolat, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amblygnathus philippensis Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1841. Description de trente-quatre espèces de Coléoptères de Manille et d'un Tricondyle de Ceylan. Revue de Zoologie, Paris 41: 221-228 [221].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM 773 2 specimens, Manilla, Philippines.
• Pachauchenius laeviceps Macleay, W.J. 1864. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera from Port Denison. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 1: 106-130, pl. IX [117 pl. IX fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens, Port Denison, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Andrewes, H.E. 1919. On the types of Oriental Carabidae in the British Museum, and in the Hope Dept. of the Oxford University Museum. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1919: 119-217 [207]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: granivore, omnivore, terrestrial, volant.

General References

Chaudoir, M. de 1878. Les Harpaliens d'Australie d'après la collection de M. le Compte de Castelnau et la mienne. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 12: 475–517 [511] (taxonomy)

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