Species Pachylister caffer (Erichson, 1834)

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Species Pachylister caffer (Erichson, 1834)

Hister caffer Erichson, W.F. 1834. Uebersicht der Histeroides der Sammlung. Jahrbüch der Insectenkunde. Berlin 1: 83–208 [132].
Hister severus Fahraeus, O.J. in Boheman, C.H. 1851. Insecta Caffrariae annis 1838–1845 a J.A. Wahlberg collecta. Coleoptera. Holmiae : Fritze & Norstedt Vol. 1 pp. 299-625. [531] [attrib. Boheman].
Hister vaillantinus Marseul, S.A. 1862. Supplément à la monographie des Histérides (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 2: 5–48, 437-516, 669-720 [708] [replacement name; for Hister caffer Erichson 1834:132 (no explanation)].
Hister dregei Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1836. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Father & Sons Vol. 1–4 3, 384 pp. [140] [nomen nudum].

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 caffer (Erichson, 1834).

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Exact localities unknown.

Introduced from South Africa via Hawaii.

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

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

General References

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	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		01-May-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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