Species Sphallomorpha westwoodi (Notman, 1925)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Silphomorpha westwoodi Notman, H. 1925. A review of the beetle family Pseudomorphinae, and a suggestion for a rearrangement of the Adephaga, with descriptions of a new genus and new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 67(14): 1-34 [33] [nom. nov. for Psuedomorpha laevissima Westwood, 1853].
• Pseudomorpha laevissima Westwood, J.O. 1853. Pseudomorpha et Adelotopus, genera duo anomalia e familia Carabidarum synoptice tractata. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. Paris 2 5: 395-409 pls xiv-xv [397] [junior primary homonym of Pseudomorpha laevissima Chaudoir, 1852].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH (not found by Baehr, 1992), Moreton Bay, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Notman, H. 1925. A review of the beetle family Pseudomorphinae, and a suggestion for a rearrangement of the Adephaga, with descriptions of a new genus and new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 67(14): 1-34 [33].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: arboreal, eucalyptus trees, myrmecophilous, predator, tall open forest, under bark, volant.

General References

Baehr, M. 2009. New and rare species of the pseudomorphine genera Sphallomorpha Westwood, Adelotopus Hope, and Pseudomorpha Kirby mainly from far Northern Territory, Australia (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pseudomorphinae). Spixiana (Munich) 32(2): 231-253 [Date published 30-XI-2009] [234] (new record)

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