Species Mecyclothorax (Mecyclothorax) ambiguus (Erichson, 1842)
- Anchomenus ambiguus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [130].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB 3294 ♂, TAS.
Paralectotype(s) ZMB 2♂ 1♀.Subsequent designation references:
Moore, B.P. 1984. Taxonomic notes on some Australasian Mecyclothorax (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Psydrini) and descriptions of new species. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 161-166 [161].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Mt Kosciusko.
IBRA
NSW, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Moore, B.P. 1979. Chemical defense in Carabids and its bearing on phylogeny. pp. 193-203 in Erwin, T.L., Ball, G.E., Whitehead, D.R. & Halpern, A.L. (eds). Carabid beetles: Their evolution, natural history, and classification. The Hague : W. Junk vii 635 pp. [200]
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 [585] (taxonomy)
History of changes
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| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |