Species Saprinus (Saprinus) australis (Boisduval, 1835)

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• Hister australis Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [148] [nomen nudum; attrib. Dejean 1833:127].

  Type data:

   Holotype unknown (Type not located by Lackner & Leschen (2017)).
• Saprinus tasmanicus Marseul, S.A. 1855. Essai monographique sur la famille des Histérides (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 3: 83-165, 327-506, 677-758 [386].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Mazur, S. 1997. A world catalogue of Histeridae (Coleoptera: Histeroidea). Genus Supplement 1997: 1-373 [Date published Nov/1997] [220]

Generic Combinations

• Saprinus (Saprinus) australis (Boisduval, 1835).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: predator, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

History of changes