Species Mecyclothorax (Mecyclothorax) minutus (Castelnau, 1867)
- Phorticosomus minutus Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [92] [as
Forticosomus ].Type data:
Lectotype MCG, Paroo River, NSW and QLD (label reads N.H. riv. Murray). - Cyclothorax fortis Blackburn, T. 1889. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 1387-1506 [Date published 22 March 1889] [1390].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, near Port Lincoln and Yorke Peninsula, SA; SAMA 2 specimens, near Port Lincoln and Yorke Peninsula, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Liebherr, J.K. 2018. Taxonomic review of Australian Mecyclothorax Sharp (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Moriomorphini) with special emphasis on the M. lophoides (Chaudoir) species complex. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 65(2): 117–224 [211]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: predator, terrestrial.
General References
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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05-Apr-2019 | CARABIDAE Latreille, 1802 | 25-Jan-2019 | MODIFIED | |
13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
19-Jul-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |