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Occurrence record: Entomology:32-005082

Preserved specimen of Melophorus Lubbock, 1883 recorded on 1998-10-14
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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 32-005082
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:236257"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Dataset / Survey name [Sandy Desert]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Sandy Desert  
Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:105881
Occurrence date 1998-10-14
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melophorus
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Hymenoptera
Family Formicidae
Genus Melophorus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Lubbock, 1883
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -26.9747
Supplied as: "-26.9747"
Longitude 137.5214
Supplied as: "137.5214"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Miandana WH | Miandana WH.35.1km N
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 26 58 29 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 31 17 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Simpson Desert
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Munga-Thirri--Simpson Desert
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Arid Lands
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Arid Lands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Arid Lands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
    IBRA 7 Regions Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields
    IBRA 7 Subregions Dieri
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DIAMANTINA-GEORGINA RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Wangkangurru/Yarluyandi Petroleum Conjunctive ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated SA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. Far North
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 73
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 505
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH AND EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) EYRE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LAKE EYRE - LAKE TORRENS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT AUGUSTA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH 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 Hummock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Hummock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Hummock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Hummock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 166.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 50.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 68.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 69.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 27.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 28.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 33.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.19
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.454166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.06
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.1
    Elevation 5.0 m