Species Laemostenus complanatus (Dejean, 1828)
- Pristonychus complanatus Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1828. Spécies général des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Compte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. III vii 556 pp. [58].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Portugal, Spain, southern France, Italy, Sicily, Egypt and (as côte de Barbarie) Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco.Secondary source:
Csiki, E. 1931. Carabidae II: Harpalinae V. pp. 739-1022 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coelopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 2 Pars 115. [Date published 12/Feb/1931] [806]. - Pristonychus australis Blackburn, T. 1888. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 805-875 [811].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Port Lincoln, Wallaroo and near Roseworthy, SA; SAMA 2 specimens, Port Lincoln, Wallaroo and near Roseworthy, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sloane, T.G. 1903. Studies in Australian Entomology. No XII New Carabidae (Panageini, Bembidiini, Pogonini, Platysmatini, Platynini, Lebiini, with revisional lists of genera and speecis [sic], some notes on synonymy, etc.). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28: 566-642 [631]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan.
IBRA
SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: peridomestic, predator, terrestrial, volant.
Larva: predator.
General References
Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1828. Spécies général des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Compte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. III vii 556 pp. [43] (taxonomy)
Hinton, H.E. 1945. A Monograph of the Beetles Associated with Stored Products. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 1 viii 443 pp. [27] (redescription and habits)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Jul-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |