Species Mecyclothorax (Mecyclothorax) punctipennis (Macleay, 1871)
- Cyclothorax punctipennis Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [105].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 1 specimen, Gayndah, QLD; AM K14321 1 specimen, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E]. - Cyclothorax obsoletus 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] [1389].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH ♀, Port Lincoln, SA; SAMA 2 specimens, Port Lincoln, SA.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [162]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Whole southern Australia from southern half of Western Australia to southern Queensland as far north as Tropic of Capricorn.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: on the ground, predator, subtropical rainforest, terrestrial, under bark, volant.
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Jul-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |