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Occurrence record: Entomology:COL140547

Preserved specimen of Simsonia purpurea (Carter, 1926) | Riffle Beetle recorded on 1978-02-22
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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 COL140547
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Entomology:PreservedSpecimen:COL140547
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations pinned
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [kick]
Dataset / Survey name [GRES [Gippsland Regional Environmental Study]]

Event

Dataset / Survey name GRES [Gippsland Regional Environmental Study]  
Occurrence date 1978-02-22
Supplied date "1978-02-22T00:00:00\1978-02-22T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol kick  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Arthropoda | Hexapoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Polyphaga | Byrrhoidea | Elmidae | Elminae
Scientific name Simsonia purpurea
Supplied scientific name "Simsonia purpurea (Carter, 1926)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Riffle Beetle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Elmidae
Genus Simsonia
Species Simsonia purpurea
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Carter, 1926)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Shaw Creek Bennison Plains {Bennison Plains Lat/Long}
Latitude -37.47
Supplied as: "-37.47"
Longitude 146.72
Supplied as: "146.72"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Shaw Creek Bennison Plains {Bennison Plains Lat/Long}
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol NATMAP Raster Premium
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID GRES Site Mc9

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Alpine National Park
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Alpine
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Regions Australian Alps
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Alps
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MITCHELL-THOMSON RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gunaikurnai Settlement ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wellington (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wellington - Maffra
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WELLINGTON SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Gunai/Kurnai People
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 20
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1929
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALPS - WEST
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WELLINGTON
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LATROBE - GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WELLINGTON (VIC.)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) EASTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Multiple Use Forest
    Vegetation types - native Other grasslands,herblands, sedgelands and rushlands
    Vegetation types - present Other grasslands, herblands, sedgelands and rushlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1123.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 308.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 211.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 216.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 335.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -1.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 2.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.38 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.56
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 6.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 8.016666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 45.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.92
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 1281.0 m