Occurrence record: Invertebrates:QVM:2026:12:0080

Preserved specimen of Melanterius maculatus Lea, 1899 | Acacia Seed Weevil recorded on 2024-02-25

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Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection	Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates Supplied collection code "Invertebrates"
Catalog number	QVM:2026:12:0080
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	pin
Identified by	Bell, Otto
Individual count	1
Associated Occurrence Status	Representative record
Associated occurrences	This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License	CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Associated records	REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date	2024-02-25 Supplied date "2/25/2024"
End day of year	56
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	56

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Melanterius maculatus
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Acacia Seed Weevil
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Curculionidae
Genus	Melanterius
Species	Melanterius maculatus
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Lea, 1899
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Tasmania
Locality	Launceston
Habitat	eucalypt woodland
Latitude	-41.466199 Supplied as: "-41.466199"
Longitude	147.175313 Supplied as: "147.175313"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Warning
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Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
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Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
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Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
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Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
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Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
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Different owner institution	Passed
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Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
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Longitude is negated	Passed
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Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
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Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
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Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
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Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Inferred associated occurrence details

This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/ala-dataquality/wiki/INFERRED_DUPLICATE_RECORD

Representative Record
Record UUID	a48be706-19d4-4d5a-8e33-a78566f73d80
Data Resource	Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Melanterius maculatus
Coordinates	-41.466199,147.175313
Related records
Record UUID	d095ba0e-2396-41d1-bcaf-1075a236d119
Data Resource	Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Melanterius maculatus
Coordinates	-41.466199,147.175313

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial	Carr Villa
CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial	Carr Villa
CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Carr Villa
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Tasmanian Northern Midlands
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Northern Midlands
NRM Regions 2010	North
NRM Regions 2017	North NRM Region
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	North NRM Region
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	North NRM Region
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Tasmanian Northern Midlands
IBRA 7 Regions	Tasmanian Northern Midlands
IBRA 7 Subregions	Northern Midlands
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Tasmania
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Tasmania
Drainage Divisions Level 2	TAMAR RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Launceston
Indigenous Locations 2021	Launceston
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	Bass
Electorates March 2025	Bass
Local Government Areas 2011	Launceston (C)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Launceston - Pt B
Local Government Areas 2023	Launceston
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	LAUNCESTON CITY COUNCIL
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	3
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	2275
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF TAS.
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	KINGS MEADOWS - PUNCHBOWL
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	LAUNCESTON
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	BASS
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	LAUNCESTON
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	LAUNCESTON
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	TASMANIA
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Inner Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	BASS
PSMA States (2016)	TASMANIA
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Bass (Launceston)
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Kings Meadows - Punchbowl
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of Tas.
Postal Areas 2021	7249
Remoteness Areas 2021	Inner Regional Australia
States and Territories 2021	Tasmania
Statistical Areas Level 2	Kings Meadows - Punchbowl
Statistical Areas Level 3	Launceston
Statistical Areas Level 4	Launceston and North East
Tourism Regions 2021	Launceston and the North
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 Open Forests
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt woodlands
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	34713.0 frequency
Species Richness	3378.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	654.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	215.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	7.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	112.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	26.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	117.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	20.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	217.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	14.2 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	49.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	21.6 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	12.4 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	22.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	2.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	7.8 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	11.1 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	16.5 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.5 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.3
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	24.4 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	17.2 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	7.9 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	690.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	220.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	31.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	118.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	24.191069 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	118.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	82.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	222.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	12.783334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	20.3 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	3.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	8.25 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	10.1 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	17.183332 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	49.753696 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	363.7015
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	23.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	17.183332 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	8.966667 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	50.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.67
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	37.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Melanterius maculatus	Melanterius maculatus
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ec21b060-78e8-4a37-9e62-b8bef532b001
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e7f77d90-31ea-41ad-b744-0260c74ee325
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/da9a2a1f-f4b4-42e9-918f-640849a70a7f
	Order	Coleoptera	Coleoptera
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/da9a2a1f-f4b4-42e9-918f-640849a70a7f
	Genus	Melanterius	Melanterius
	Left		195834
	Scientific name authorship		Lea, 1899
	Taxon rank	species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2d044fc0-7773-42c3-8452-b278be20e640
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Acacia Seed Weevil
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5c387616-0cb4-42f0-936e-7ec22d576939
	Right		195834
	Kingdom		Animalia
	Specific epithet	maculatus
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/17c9fd64-3c07-4df5-a33d-eda1e065e99f
	Phylum	Arthropoda	Arthropoda
	Class	Insecta	Insecta
	Species		Melanterius maculatus
	Family	Curculionidae	Curculionidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Year	2024	2024
	End day of year		56
	Month	2	2
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		56
	Day	25	25
	Event date	2/25/2024	2024-02-25
Identification	Identified by	[Bell, Otto]
Occurrence	Associated occurrences		d095ba0e-2396-41d1-bcaf-1075a236d119
	Individual count	1	1
	Duplication status		R
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	QVM:2026:12:0080
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Collection code	Invertebrates
	Preparations	pin
	Duplicate status		REPRESENTATIVE
	Institution code	QVMAG
Attribution	Data resource		Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Invertebrates
	License		CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr345	dr345
	Institution ID		in13
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co258
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Habitat	eucalypt woodland
	Decimal latitude	-41.466199	-41.466199
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Launceston	Launceston
	Decimal longitude	147.175313	147.175313
	State province	Tasmania	Tasmania
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Launceston (C)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326

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