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Occurrence record: Entomology:K.256058

Preserved specimen of Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837) | Fire Beetle recorded on 2007-11-17
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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.256058
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1243896","urn:catalog:AM:Entomology:K.256058"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Entomology:K.256058
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Britton, Dr David R - Australian Museum - Entomology  
Identified date 2008-2
Collector 1.  Britton, R. David   2.  Australian Museum   3.  Science  
Supplied as "Britton, Dr David R. - Australian Museum - Science"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [at light - see Notes]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2008-02
Supplied as 2008-2

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1100897
Occurrence date 2007-11-17
Sampling protocol at light - see Notes  
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 Western Australia
Latitude -31.65913
Supplied as: "-31.65913"
Longitude 121.22232
Supplied as: "121.22232"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system 1
Verbatim locality Cave Rock Campsite, 31.6km S Burra Rock
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "[BRITTON 2007016] Australia, Western Australia, Cave Rock Campsite, 31.6km S Burra Rock (31° 39' 33" S, 121° 13' 20" E) 17/11/2007 - 17/11/2007, Britton, Dr David R - Australian Museum - Entomology(Collector), at light - see Notes";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31° 39' 32.9" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 121° 13' 20.4" E

Additional properties

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

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 0df13618-03a1-4316-8948-b85bcf1dd435
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
    Coordinates -31.65913,121.22232
    Related records
    Record UUID b151270d-a2a0-4eef-a647-b1da8b9e8d7d
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
    Coordinates -31.65913,121.22232
    Record UUID 2c13a78b-0521-4b6c-b611-64df35146f9b
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
    Coordinates -31.65913,121.22232
    Record UUID 2cb95764-1c14-4bfa-b5f7-754495968142
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
    Coordinates -31.65913,121.22232
    Record UUID 59b976b5-b777-4e68-93e8-127e12581210
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
    Coordinates -31.65913,121.22232
    Record UUID 20fefe43-1c4c-4ca3-83a8-2f48d130da7f
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
    Coordinates -31.65913,121.22232
    Record UUID 50a07ee8-af35-4f47-8902-1436e6ef9d7f
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
    Coordinates -31.65913,121.22232
    Record UUID e39e2d50-763e-47cb-807e-f8019cec91e3
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Merimna atrata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
    Coordinates -31.65913,121.22232

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Coolgardie
    IBRA 7 Regions Coolgardie
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Cross
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SALT LAKE
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Yilgarn/GreatWesternWoodlands
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Coolgardie (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Coolgardie
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF COOLGARDIE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 48
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 493
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KAMBALDA - COOLGARDIE - NORSEMAN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KALGOORLIE - DUNDAS - GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KALGOORLIE - DUNDAS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Naturally bare, sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 298.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 75.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 89.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.72
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.183332 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.19
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.38
    Elevation 407.0 m