Species Metriorrhynchus atratus (Fabricius, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lycus atratus Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species: adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopolii Academici Novi Vol. II 687 pp. [113].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Oceani pacifici Insulis.

 

Generic Combinations

• Metriorrhynchus atratus (Fabricius, 1801). —
  Kleine, R. 1933. Lycidae. pp. 1-145 in Schenkling, S (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 128 145 pp.
• Porrostoma atratus (Fabricius, 1801). —
  Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Throughout TAS and possibly southwest VIC

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), 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: terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	LYCIDAE	22-Jul-2024	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	19-Jan-2021	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
		12-Feb-2010	(import)