Species Notiobia (Anisotarsus) edwardsii (Castelnau, 1867)
- Harpalus edwardsii 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)] [101].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCG, Melbourne, VIC. - Diaphoromerus edwardsi virescens Sloane, T.G. 1916. Carabidae from the Upper Williams River, N.S.W. [Coleoptera]. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 41: 196-208 [206].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC (Sloane coll.) 2 specimens, Barrington River, Ebor, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sloane, T.G. 1920. The Carabidae of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 113-178 [132]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Falmouth, Stonor and type localities.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: granivore, omnivore, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Moore, B.P. & Wallbank, B.E. 1968. Chemical composition of the defensive secretion in carabid beetles and its importance as a taxonomic character. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 37(5–6): 62-72 [65]
Noonan, G.R. 1976. Synopsis of the supra-specific taxa of the tribe Harpalini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 13: 3-87 [10] (taxonomy)
History of changes
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