Species Ruborcara montivagans (Blackburn, 1892)

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• Helodes montivagans Blackburn, T. 1892. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part X. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 6(3): 479-550 [Date published May 23, 1892] [519].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH ♂, Alpine district, VIC.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudomicrocara montivagans (Blackburn, 1892). —
  Armstrong, J.W.T. 1953. On Australian Helodidae (Coleoptera). I. Description of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 78(1-2): 19–32 [12 Jun. 1953]
• Ruborcara montivagans (Blackburn, 1892). —
  Watts, C.H.S., Bradford, T.M., Cooper, S.J.B. & Libonatti, M.L. 2020. New genera, species and combinations in the Pseudomicrocara Armstrong group (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) based on morphology supported by mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence data. Zootaxa 4831(1): 1-66 [41]

 

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

 

General References

Watts, C.H.S 2007. Revision of the Australian Pseudomicrocara Armstrong (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 131(1): 1-82 [32-33, figs 40, 69] (redescription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Dec-2020	SCIRTOIDEA Fleming, 1821	22-Dec-2020	MODIFIED
27-Mar-2013		27-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
27-Mar-2013		03-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
17-Aug-2011		17-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2011		05-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)