Species Harpalus fulvicornis (Thunberg, 1806)

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• Carabus fulvicornis Thunberg, C.P. 1806. in Schönherr, C.J. Synonimia Insectorum oder: versuch einer synonymie aller bisher bekannten insecten; nach Fabricii systema eleutheratorum geordnet. Erster Band Eleutherata oder Käfer. Stockholm : Nordström xxii 293 pp. 3 Tab. [200].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZIUU, Cape Good Hope, South Africa.

  Secondary source:

   Moore, B.P. 1977. Harpalus fulvicornis Thunberg: a South African Carabid beetle established in Western Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 4: 7-10.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mandura, Manjimup, Margaret River, Flinders Bay and Moses Rock, Yallingup.

Introduced from Africa.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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: granivore, omnivore, terrestrial, volant.

 

General References

Csiki, E. 1932. Carabidae III: Harpalinae VI. pp. 1023-1278 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 3 Pars 121. [Date published 28/May/1932] [1178] (taxonomy)

Moore, B.P. 1977. Harpalus fulvicornis Thunberg: a South African Carabid beetle established in Western Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 4: 7-10

 

History of changes

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