Species Pentagonica vittipennis Chaudoir, 1877
- Pentagonica vittipennis Chaudoir, M. de 1877. Genres nouveaux et espèces inédites de la famille des Carabiques. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 52(1): 186–268 [217].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Australia. - Wakefieldia vittata Broun, T. 1880. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Wellington : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department Part 1 651 pp. [62].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 4 specimens, New Zealand.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Sloane, T.G. 1920. A list of the species of Australian Carabidae which range beyond Australia and its dependent islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 45: 320–323 [323]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital, also occurring in New Zealand
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: litter, predator, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Baehr, M. 2011. The genus Pentagonica Schmidt-Goebel in the Oriental, Papuan, and Australian regions (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pentagonicini). Coleoptera 15: 1–200 [80]
Moore, B.P. 1992. The Carabidae of Lord Howe Island (Coleoptera: Carabidae). pp. 159-173 in Noonan, G.R., Ball, G.E. & Stork, N.E. (eds). The Biogeography of Ground Beetles of Mountains and Islands. Andover, Hampshire, UK : Intercept 256 pp. [171] (Lord Howe Island records)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Apr-2019 | Pentagonicinae | 20-Apr-2016 | MODIFIED | |
| 13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Jul-2012 | 15-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |