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Occurrence record: Entomology:32-008314

Preserved specimen of Melophorus Lubbock, 1883 recorded on 1989-12-07-1989-12-11
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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 32-008314
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:239483"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Forrest, J. A  
Supplied as "Forrest, J A"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:107103
Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "1989-12-07-1989-12-11"
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melophorus
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Melophorus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lubbock, 1883
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -32.55
Supplied as: "-32.55"
Longitude 135.6
Supplied as: "135.60"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Kolay Dam | Kolay Dam
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32 33 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 135 36 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Gawler Ranges
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Gawler Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Arid Lands
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Arid Lands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Arid Lands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Gawler
    IBRA 7 Regions Gawler
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gawler Volcanics
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gawler Ranges Mineral Exploration ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated SA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. Lincoln
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Gawler Ranges People
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 73
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 505
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH AND EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) EYRE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LAKE EYRE - LAKE TORRENS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT AUGUSTA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 284.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 104.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 105.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 36.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.68
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.066668 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.19
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.43
    Elevation 304.0 m