Species Phorticosomus felix Schaum, 1863

Museums

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• Phorticosomus felix Schaum, H.R. 1863. Descriptions of four new genera of Carabidae. Journal of Entomology 2: 74-78 [78 pl. IV fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) DEIB, VIC.
• Phorticosomus brunneus Blackburn, T. [1887] 1888. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [178].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) SAMA 2 specimens, Lyndoch Valley, SA.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sloane, T.G. 1915. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. XVII New genera and species of Carabidae. (Pamborini, Migadopini, Broscini, Cunepectini, Nomoni, Pterostichini, Platynini, Oodini, Harpalini, Lebiini). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40: 438-473 [463]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: fossorial, predator, terrestrial, volant.

History of changes