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Occurrence record: Entomology:25-022761

Preserved specimen of Megacephala cylindrica Macleay, 1863 recorded on 1994-10-31-1994-11-05
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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 25-022761
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:321334"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Stony Desert Survey  
Supplied as "Stony Desert Survey"
Sex Unsexed
Individual count 1.0
Life stage adult
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Dataset / Survey name [Stony Desert Survey]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Stony Desert Survey  
Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:145207
Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "1994-10-31-1994-11-05"
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megacephala cylindrica
Supplied scientific name "Megacephala cylindrica Macleay, 1863"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Carabidae
Genus Megacephala
Species Megacephala cylindrica
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Macleay, 1863
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -26.3
Supplied as: "-26.3"
Longitude 140.33
Supplied as: "140.33"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Elbow Well | 5.2 SSE
Coordinate precision 0.1
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 26 18 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140 20 E

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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
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements InnaminckaTownship ILUA
    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 Non-Indigenous, 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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tropical eucalypt woodlands/grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1033.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 115.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 326.0 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) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.55 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.1125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.43
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 156.0 m