Species Monocrepidus tumidus (Candèze, 1887)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Monocrepidius tumidus Candèze, E. 1887. Description d'élatérides nouveaux, provenant de Normantown [sic]: Baie de Carpentaria (Australie septentrionale). Notes from the Leyden Museum 9: 285-290 [286].

  Type data:

   Neotype RIB 1 specimen, Normanton (as Normantown), QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1959. Some type designations, with notes on Pacific Elateridae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 1(4): 347-414 [Date published Dec. 25, 1959] [373]; Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. [73] (interprets Van Zwaluwenburg's incorrect inference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	16-Jan-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
		12-Feb-2010	(import)