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Occurrence record: Entomology:COL162872

Preserved specimen of Miltotranes prosternalis (Lea, 1929) recorded on 2023-01-12
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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 COL162872
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Entomology:PreservedSpecimen:COL162872
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
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 3 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2026-04-16
Supplied as 16/04/2026

Event

Occurrence date 2023-01-12
Supplied date "2023-01-12T00:00:00\2023-01-12T00:00:00"
End day of year 12
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 12

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Arthropoda | Hexapoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Polyphaga | Curculionoidea | Curculionidae | Molytinae
Scientific name Miltotranes prosternalis
Supplied scientific name "Miltotranes prosternalis (Lea, 1929)"
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Curculionidae
Genus Miltotranes
Species Miltotranes prosternalis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lea, 1929)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -17.83
Supplied as: "-17.83"
Longitude 146.1
Supplied as: "146.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol compiler
Municipality Bingil Bay
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 437acf9b-03e9-492f-93a8-8628b3045368
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Miltotranes prosternalis (Lea, 1929)
    Coordinates -17.83,146.1
    Related records
    Record UUID 70e8a0b6-5035-4943-91cc-34fd0c1b05d2
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Miltotranes prosternalis (Lea, 1929)
    Coordinates -17.83,146.1
    Record UUID a26ca830-9941-473c-9283-9d9e532d9148
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Miltotranes prosternalis (Lea, 1929)
    Coordinates -17.83,146.1
    Record UUID 8e01f165-cf7e-4431-8968-9f8caf5a977b
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Miltotranes prosternalis (Lea, 1929)
    Coordinates -17.83,146.1

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Innisfail
    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 Innisfail
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JOHNSTONE RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Innisfail - Johnstone
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Djiru People & Ergon Energy ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Johnstone
    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 Kennedy
    Electorates March 2025 Kennedy
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Djiru People & Ergon Energy ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cassowary Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Johnstone
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cassowary Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 44
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2033
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) JOHNSTONE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - JOHNSTONE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) JOHNSTONE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Hill
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Johnstone
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Qld
    Postal Areas 2021 4852
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Queensland
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Johnstone
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Innisfail - Cassowary Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Cairns
    Tourism Regions 2021 Tropical North Queensland
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 9181.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1918.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 3240.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 333.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 237.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 73.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1380.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 163.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1668.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.92
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.1 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.92
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 15.0 m