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Occurrence record: Entomology:K.111116

Preserved specimen of Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837) | Fire Beetle recorded on 1984-07-23
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Entomology Collection
Supplied collection code "Entomology"
Catalog number K.111116
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:6104189","urn:catalog:AM:Entomology:K.111116"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Entomology:K.111116
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Hanlon, Timothy Marcus Stephen - Australian Museum - Entomology  
Collector Gonding, M.  
Supplied as "M. Gonding"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1998

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:6028198
Occurrence date 1984-07-23
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Merimna atrata
Supplied scientific name "Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Fire Beetle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Buprestidae
Genus Merimna
Species Merimna atrata
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
Scientific name authorship (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gory & Laporte, 1837)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -14.46693
Supplied as: "-14.46693"
Longitude 132.26693
Supplied as: "132.26693"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Katherine and vicinity
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Northern Territory, Katherine and vicinity (14° 28' 01" S, 132° 16' 01" E) 23/07/1984 - 23/07/1984, Gonding, M(Collector)";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 28' 1" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 132° 16' 1" E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2017/3/8
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 10km-100km

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Daly Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Daly Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Daly Basin
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DALY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Katherine (T)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Katherine
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KATHERINE MUNICIPALITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 711
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2179
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KATHERINE TOWN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KATHERINE EXC. TOWN CAMPS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KATHERINE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KATHERINE
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, 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 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1035.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 116.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 331.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 705.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.341667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.43
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 92.0 m