Species Nasaltus chinensis (Quensel, 1806)

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Species Nasaltus chinensis (Quensel, 1806)

Hister chinensis Quensel, C. in Schoenherr, C.J. 1806. Synonymia Insectorum oder Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten nach Fabricius Syst. Eleutheratorum geordnet, mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch Beschreibungen neuer Arten und illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band : Eleutherata oder Kafer. Erster Theil. Lethrus – Scolytus. Stockholm : Nordstroem Vol. 1 xxii pp. 1-289-3 pls. [88b].
Hister distorsus Illiger, J.C.W. 1807. Portugiesische Käfer (Fortsetzung). Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger) 6: 28-80 [29] [for Hister major Herbst aus Ostindien].
Hister incisus Erichson, W.F. 1834. Uebersicht der Histeroides der Sammlung. Jahrbüch der Insectenkunde. Berlin 1: 83–208 [134] [attrib. Mus. Knoch].
Hister mandibularis Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1844. Iconographie du Règne animal de G. Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables, et souvent non figurées, de chaque genre d'animaux. Avec un text descriptif mis au courant de la science. Ouvrage pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de zoologie. 450 plates in 45 livraisons. Crustacea. Paris : J.B. Baillière 48 pp., 36 pls. [published from1829–1844] [59] [attrib. Chevrolat].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Mazur, S. 1997. A world catalogue of Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea). Genus Supplement 1997: 1-373 [Date published Nov/1997] [105]

Generic Combinations

Pachylister chinensis (Quensel, 1806).
Nasaltus chinensis (Quensel, 1806).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Daintree, Upper Daintree.

Introduced from Indonesia via Fiji.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

General References

Bornemissza, G.F. 1968. Studies on the histerid beetle Pachylister chinensis in Fiji, and its possible value in the control of buffalo-fly in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 16(4): 673-688 (biology)

Waterhouse, D.F. & Sands, D.P.A. 2001. Classical Biological Control of Arthropods in Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Entomology & ACIAR 559 pp. [346] (details of release and establishment)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
18-May-2011	18-May-2011	MOVED
01-Jul-2020	18-May-2011	MODIFIED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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