Species Phorticosomus nuytsii Castelnau, 1867
- Phorticosomus nuytsii Laporte, F.L. [de Castelnau] 1867. Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Melbourne : Royal Society of Victoria 139 pp. [separates available prior to republication in Trans. R. Soc. Vict. 8: 30–38 (1867), 95–225 (1868)] [92] [as Forticosomus].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCG 1 specimen, Nicol Bay, WA. - Phorticosomus calcaratus Blackburn, T. 1903. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXXIII. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia 27(2): 261-309 [261].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, "north" QLD.
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
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Derby, Wyndham, Chillagoe, Kuranda and type localities.
IBRA
Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: fossorial, predator, terrestrial, volant.
History of changes
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| 13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Jul-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |