Species Megacephala greyana (Sloane, 1901)

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Regional Maps

• Tetracha greyanus Sloane, T.G. 1901. Studies in Australian Entomology. No. X Description of a new tiger beetle from Western Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 632-636 [632].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC (Sloane coll.), Shark Bay, WA.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: nocturnal, predator, riparian, terrestrial.

Larva: burrower, predator.

General References

Sloane, T.G. 1906. Revision of the Cicindelidae of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 309-360 pls XXV-XXXI [317] (taxonomy)

History of changes