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Occurrence record: Entomology:25-010372

Preserved specimen of Berosus (Berosus) discolor Blackburn, 1888 | Water Scavenger Beetle recorded on 1997-10-10
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Terrestrial Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Entomology"
Catalog number 25-010372
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:310146"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Watts, C. H  
Supplied as "Watts, C H"
Sex Unsexed
Individual count 4.0
Life stage adult
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:139566
Occurrence date 1997-10-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Berosus (Berosus) discolor
Supplied scientific name "Berosus discolor Blackburn, 1888"
Identified to rank species
Common name Water Scavenger Beetle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Hydrophilidae
Genus Berosus
Species Berosus discolor
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Blackburn, 1888
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -38.3167
Supplied as: "-38.3167"
Longitude 141.5667
Supplied as: "141.5667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Portland | 5 NW
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38 19 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141 34 00 E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 15358ed4-25b1-4a2e-9350-25690dea09b5
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Berosus discolor Blackburn, 1888
    Coordinates -38.3167,141.5667
    Related records
    Record UUID e532514c-8835-4117-a7a1-68d39e819f19
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Berosus discolor Blackburn, 1888
    Coordinates -38.3167,141.5667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORTLAND COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Glenelg (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glenelg - Heywood
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLENELG SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 721
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PORTLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG - SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRNAMBOOL AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS - GLENELG
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORTLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non 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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 773.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 305.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 98.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 98.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 305.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.92
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.979167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.67
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 31.0 m