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Occurrence record: Entomology:COL162657

Preserved specimen of Phaunaeus medioalbus Lea, 1915 recorded on 1995-10-21
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Entomology and Arachnology Collection
Supplied collection code "Entomology"
Catalog number COL162657
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Entomology:PreservedSpecimen:COL162657
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations pinned
Identified by Lawrence J. Cookson  
Collector Lawrence J. Cookson
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Life stage adult
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Date identified 2026-04-02
Supplied as 02/04/2026

Event

Occurrence date 1995-10-21
Supplied date "1995-10-21T00:00:00\1995-10-21T00:00:00"
End day of year 294
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 294

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Arthropoda | Hexapoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Polyphaga | Curculionoidea | Curculionidae
Scientific name Phaunaeus medioalbus
Supplied scientific name "Phaunaeus medioalbus Lea, 1915"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Curculionidae
Genus Phaunaeus
Species Phaunaeus medioalbus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lea, 1915
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Lake Morris
Latitude -16.98
Supplied as: "-16.98"
Longitude 145.68
Supplied as: "145.68"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Lake Morris
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Geoscience Australia Place Name Search
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2018-02-22T00:00
Supplied as 2018-02-22T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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) Macalister
    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 Macalister
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BARRON RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cairns - Southern Hinterlands
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cairns - Southern Hinterlands
    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 Leichhardt
    Electorates March 2025 Leichhardt
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cairns - Barron
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cairns
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAIRNS REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 390
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LAMB RANGE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARRON RIVER
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Barron River
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Lamb Range
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4870
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Lamb Range
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Cairns - South
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Cairns
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    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 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 11849.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1780.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1863.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 90.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 902.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 109.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1116.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.86
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 25.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2348.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 116.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 26.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 104.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 98.863594 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 1185.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 602.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1372.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.0375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 14.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 18.550001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.2416663 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.166668 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.997654 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 255.93964
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 28.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 24.816666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 24.633333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.73
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 175.0 m