Species Pseudotetralobus fortnumi (Hope, 1842)

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• Tetralobus fortnumi Hope, F.W. 1842. A monograph on the coleopterous family Phyllophoridae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 73-79 [Date published Dec. 31, 1842] [74].

  Type data:

   Lectotype OUM ♂, Adelaide, SA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1959. Some type designations, with notes on Pacific Elateridae (Coleoptera). Pacific Insects 1(4): 347-414 [Date published Dec. 25, 1959] [365]; Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. [80] (interprets Van Zwaluwenburg's incorrect inference to a type as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
• Tetralobus cylindriformis Candèze, E. 1865. Elatérides nouveaux. Mémoires Couronnés par l'Academie Royale des Sciences et Belles-Lettres de Belgique 17: 1-63 [20].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) RIB, Kangaroo Is., SA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Neboiss, A. 1956. A check list of Australian Elateridae (Coleoptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 22(2): 1-75 [Date published Jul. 25, 1956] [18]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Kangaroo Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

 

General References

Froggatt, W.W. 1917. Entomological Notes. Agricultural Gazette of New South Wales 28: 891-895 [Date published 3 December 1917] [894] (biology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)