Species Pamborus guerinii Gory, 1831

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pamborus guerinii Gory, H.L. 1831. [Description of Pamborus Guerinii]. Magasin de Zoologie (Paris) 1(26): pl. 1 [division 9 pl. 26].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).

  Secondary source:

   Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [27].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Csiki, E. 1927. Carabidae: Carabinae II. pp. 315-622 in Schenkling, S. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 1 Pars 92. [Date published 22/Dec/1927] [340]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: mollusc feeder, nocturnal, predator, tall forest, terrestrial.

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 [64]

Takami, Y. & Weir, T.A. 2009. The genus Pamborus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Sloane Collection and its importance for current taxonomy. Australian Entomologist 36(1): 13-20

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