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Occurrence record: invertebrates:F111775

Preserved specimen of Scitala sericans Erichson, 1842 | Shiny Pasture Scarab recorded on 2020-11-25
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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 F111775
Occurrence ID TMAG: F111775
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by S.J. Grove  
Collector S.J. Grove
Individual count 1
Life stage adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Date identified 2021-03

Event

Occurrence date 2020-11-25
Supplied date "25/11/2020"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 330
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 330

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 Woodsdale: Bluff River Gorge
Latitude -42.521
Supplied as: "-42.521"
Longitude 147.69
Supplied as: "147.69"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Woodsdale: Bluff River Gorge
Coordinate precision 1.0e-03
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
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 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Glamorgan - Spring Day
    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 Lyons
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Glamorgan/Spring Bay (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas 2023 Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas 2025 Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLAMORGAN-SPRING BAY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TRIABUNNA - BICHENO
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLAMORGAN - SPRING DAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Triabunna - Bicheno
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7190
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Triabunna - Bicheno
    Statistical Areas Level 3 South East Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 East Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Multiple Use Forest
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2322.0 frequency
    Species Richness 707.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 658.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 172.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 143.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 158.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 182.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.12
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 685.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 178.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 143.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 15.017347 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 177.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 70.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 200.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 10.975 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 2.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 6.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 13.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.792114 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 323.90024
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.8 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.73
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 333.0 m