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Occurrence record: invertebrates:F151726

Preserved specimen of Scitala sericans Erichson, 1842 | Shiny Pasture Scarab recorded on 2021-01-05
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number F151726
Occurrence ID TMAG: F151726
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by K. Kittipalawattanapol  
Collector K. Kittipalawattanapol
Individual count 1
Life stage adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Date identified 2023

Event

Occurrence date 2021-01-05
Supplied date "5/01/2021"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 5
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 5

Taxonomy

Scientific name Scitala sericans
Original name usage Scitala sericans
Identified to rank species
Common name Shiny Pasture Scarab
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Scarabaeidae
Genus Scitala
Species Scitala sericans
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Erichson, 1842
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Hobart: Sandy Bay
Latitude -42.9076177
Supplied as: "-42.909"
Longitude 147.3410397
Supplied as: "147.34"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Verbatim locality Hobart: Sandy Bay
Coordinate precision 0.01
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification Scitala sericans

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Hobart
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Clark
    Electorates March 2025 Clark
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hobart (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hobart
    Local Government Areas 2023 Hobart
    Local Government Areas 2025 Hobart
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HOBART CITY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 29
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 6437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SANDY BAY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART INNER
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CLARK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NELSON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Clark (Nelson)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Sandy Bay
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Postal Areas 2021 7005
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Sandy Bay
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Hobart Inner
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hobart
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    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 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 Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 64416.0 frequency
    Species Richness 4767.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 628.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 161.33333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.666667 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 133.16667 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 147.66667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.166667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 181.66667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.55 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.466667 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.116667 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.266666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.6333334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.316667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.183333 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5083333 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0616666
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.916668 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.983334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.766666 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 621.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 159.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 41.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 130.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.190093 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 141.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 63.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 181.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.083333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.400002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.166667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.733334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 10.45 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.191566 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 308.27478
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 15.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.316667 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7133333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.96833336