Species Violagonum violaceum (Chaudoir, 1859)
- Colpodes violaceus Chaudoir, M. de 1859. Monographie du genre Colpodes Macleay. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 7: 287-364 [351].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Aru, Indonesia (as Îles Arrou). - Colpodes mucronatus Macleay, W.J. 1887. The insects of the Cairns district, northern Queensland. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 2(2): 213-238 [Date published August 31, 1887: Second Series commenced 1886-87] [218].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 1 specimen located, Mossman River, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Darlington, P.J. Jr 1971. The carabid beetles of New Guinea. Part IV. General considerations; analysis and history of fauna; taxonomic supplement. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 142: 129-337 [284]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Cairns and Kuranda.
IBRA
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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: arboreal, closed forest, predator, volant.
General References
Darlington, P.J. Jr 1956. Australian carabid beetles III. Notes on the Agonini. Psyche (Cambridge) Camb. 63: 1-10 [8] (taxonomy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 13-Aug-2013 | 13-Aug-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 19-Jul-2012 | 23-Jul-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |