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Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:2023:12:4682

Preserved specimen of Achthosus westwoodi Pascoe, 1863 recorded on 2007-02-26
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number QVM:2023:12:4682
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations pin
Identified by Fearn, Simon  
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Occurrence date 2007-02-26
Supplied date "2/26/2007"
End day of year 57
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 57

Taxonomy

Scientific name Achthosus westwoodi
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Tenebrionidae
Genus Achthosus
Species Achthosus westwoodi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Pascoe, 1863
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Tully Falls
Habitat
Supplied as "rainforest"
Latitude -17.78305
Supplied as: "-17.78305"
Longitude 145.56666
Supplied as: "145.56666"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources GPS
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Koombooloomba
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Koombooloomba
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Koombooloomba
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Kirrama-Hinchinbrook
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Kirrama-Hinchinbrook
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TULLY-MURRAY RIVERS
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Herberton - Ravenshoe
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Jirrbal People and Tablelands Regional Council
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Herberton Tablelands
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Cairns - Atherton
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Northern Queensland Region
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Kennedy
    Electorates March 2025 Kennedy
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Jirrbal People and Tablelands Regional Council
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tablelands (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Herberton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TABLELANDS REGIONAL
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Jirrbal People #3
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 30
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 653
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) HERBERTON
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TABLELANDS (EAST) - KURANDA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) HERBERTON - RAVENSHOE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HERBERTON TABLELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Hill
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Herberton
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Local Government Areas 2023 Tablelands
    Postal Areas 2021 4872
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Herberton
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Tablelands (East) - Kuranda
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Cairns
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 7220.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1597.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1980.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 233.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 161.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 70.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 797.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 98.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1003.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2553.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 348.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 34.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 162.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 73.44288 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 828.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 538.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1289.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.295834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 11.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 16.083332 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.591666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.951553 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 310.06934
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 28.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 23.683334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 22.433334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.88
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 631.0 m