Species Paratillus carus (Newman, 1840)

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• Clerus carus Newman, E. 1840. Entomological notes (continued). The Entomologist 1(1): 1-16 [Date published Nov. 1840] [15].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, New Holland, near Adelaide.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH, Australia, Adelaide.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Opitz, W. 2016. Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 48(1): 587–636 [Date published 30 Jul. 2016] [600].
• Tarsostenus pulcher Macleay, W.J. 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2(4): 239-318 [272].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM K-209303 / K34244, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Bartlett, J.S. 2015. New synonymies for Australian Cleridae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4057(2): 281-287 [286, fig 25].
• Paratillus basalis Gorham, H.S. 1878. Descriptions of new species of Cleridae, with notes on the genera and corrections of synonymy. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 153-167 [158].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP (2 likely syntypes ex Gorham Collection labelled 'basalis' [one with specimen dislodged from card mount and missing]), QLD, Moreton Bay.
• Paratillus analis Gorham, H.S. 1878. Descriptions of new species of Cleridae, with notes on the genera and corrections of synonymy. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 153-167 [158].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP (1), New Caledonia.
• Paratillus var. sumatranus Kraatz, G. 1899. Verzeichniss der von Herrn Weyers in Südwest Sumatra gesammelten. Cleridae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43(5): 212–217 [Date published 26 May 1899] [217].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP (fixed by monotypy), Sumatra (Indonesia).
• Opilus zonatus Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, H. 1843. Atlas d'Histoire Naturelle Zoologie par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot, chirurgiens de l'expédition. In, Voyage au pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-18391840 sous les commandement de M. Dumont d'Urville capitaine de vaisseau publié sous les auspices du département de la marine et sous la direction superieure de M. Jacquinot, capitaine de Vaisseau, commandant de La Zelee. Livraison 16. Mammifères pl. 2; Poissons pl. 2; Oiseaux pls 2, 3; Crustacés pl. 1. Paris : Gide. [plate 4, figure 14].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) (9), Tasmania.

  Secondary source:

   Clark, P.F. & Crosnier, A. 2000. The zoology of the Voyage au pôle sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée; exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840 sous le commandement de M. Dumont-d'Urville (1842–1854): titles, volumes, plates, text, contents, proposed dates and anecdotal history of the publication. Archives of Natural History 27(3): 407-435.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schenkling, S. 1898. Zehn neue Cleriden nebst Bemerkungen über schon beschriebene Arten. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1898: 361–368 [368] (synonymy of Paratillus analis and Paratillus basalis with Paratillus carus)
• Blackburn, T. 1900. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 113-169 [Date published Dec. 31, 1900] [138] (synonymy of Tarsostenus zonatus with Paratillus carus)
• Bartlett, J.S. 2015. New synonymies for Australian Cleridae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4057(2): 281-287 [286] (synonymy of Tarsostenus pulcher with Tarsostenus carus)

Generic Combinations

• Tarsostenus carus (Newman, 1840). —
  Kolibáč, J. 2003. A revision of Australian genera of Korynetinae (Coleoptera, Cleridae). Entomologica Basiliensia 25: 41–97 [50]
• Paratillus carus (Newman, 1840). —
  Gorham, H.S. 1878. Descriptions of new species of Cleridae, with notes on the genera and corrections of synonymy. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1878: 153-167 [157]
  Opitz, W. 2016. Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 48(1): 587–636 [Date published 30 Jul. 2016] [600]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, SA, Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), 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)

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