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Occurrence record: Entomology:COL146051

Preserved specimen of Berosus (Berosus) discolor Blackburn, 1888 | Water Scavenger Beetle recorded on 2001-10-16
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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 COL146051
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Entomology:PreservedSpecimen:COL146051
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit specimen|Wet|ethanol
Collector 1.  Metzeling, Leon   2.  Victoria  
Supplied as "Leon Metzeling - Environmental Protection Agency - Victoria"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 1
Life stage unknown
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Field Number JIL 3818 291770
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [sweep]
Dataset / Survey name [EPA Survey]

Event

Dataset / Survey name EPA Survey  
Event ID JIL 3818 291770
Field Number JIL 3818 291770
Occurrence date 2001-10-16
Supplied date "2001-10-16T14:00:00\2001-10-16T14:00:00"
Sampling protocol sweep  
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:00:00\14:00:00

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Arthropoda | Hexapoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Hydrophiloidea | Hydrophilidae | Hydrophilinae
Scientific name Berosus (Berosus) discolor
Supplied scientific name "Berosus (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
Subgenus Berosus
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Wannon River At Dunkeld
Latitude -37.6306
Supplied as: "-37.6306"
Longitude 142.336
Supplied as: "142.336"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Wannon River At Dunkeld
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources data provided with specimen(s)
County Southern Grampians Shire
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID JIL 38183818

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Greater Grampians
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GLENELG RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Southern Grampians (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated S. Grampians Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 721
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG - SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRNAMBOOL AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS - GLENELG
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LOWAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    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 Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 623.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 209.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 96.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 214.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.33
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.983334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 278.0 m