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Occurrence record: Entomology:25-004630

Preserved specimen of Berosus (Berosus) discolor Blackburn, 1888 | Water Scavenger Beetle recorded on 1962-08-01
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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 25-004630
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:304420"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Martin, P  
Supplied as "Martin, P"
Sex Unsexed
Individual count 2.0
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:135310
Occurrence date 1962-08-01
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Berosus (Berosus) discolor
Supplied scientific name "Berosus discolor Blackburn, 1888"
Identified to rank species
Common name Water Scavenger Beetle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Hydrophilidae
Genus Berosus
Species Berosus discolor
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Blackburn, 1888
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -33.65
Supplied as: "-33.6500"
Longitude 115.3333
Supplied as: "115.3333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Busselton | Busselton
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33 39 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115 20 00 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Swan Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Perth
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUSSELTON COAST
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    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 Busselton (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Busselton
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF BUSSELTON
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 603
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BUSSELTON
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) AUGUSTA - MARGARET RIVER - BUSSELTON
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) BUNBURY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FORREST
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BUSSELTON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BUSSELTON
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-WESTERN WA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTH WEST 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 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

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 764.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 402.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 84.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 427.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.0 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1.0 m