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Occurrence record: invertebrates:F96628

Preserved specimen of Meriphus Erichson, 1842 recorded on 2018-12-27
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "invertebrates"
Catalog number F96628
Occurrence ID TMAG: F096628
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by O.F. Bell  
Collector S.J. Grove
Life stage adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [By hand]
Date identified 2024-03

Event

Occurrence date 2018-12-27
Supplied date "27/12/2018"
Sampling protocol By hand  
End day of year 361
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 361

Taxonomy

Scientific name Meriphus
Original name usage Meriphus cf coronatus
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "species"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Curculionidae
Genus Meriphus
Species Meriphus cf coronatus
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Erichson, 1842
Supplied as Pascoe, 1873
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Clifton Beach: hinterland
Latitude -42.9845
Supplied as: "-42.9845"
Longitude 147.542
Supplied as: "147.542"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Clifton Beach: hinterland
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

coordinate uncer 100
individua 1
verbatim identification Meriphus cf coronatus

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Cape Deslacs
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Cape Deslacs
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Cape Deslacs
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Clarence
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 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 Franklin
    Electorates March 2025 Franklin
    Local Government Areas 2011 Clarence (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Clarence
    Local Government Areas 2023 Clarence
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CLARENCE CITY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 29
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 6437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH ARM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART - NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CLARENCE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Franklin (Rumney)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 South Arm
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Postal Areas 2021 7020
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 South Arm
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Hobart - North East
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hobart
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Low closed forest or tall closed shrublands (including Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia)
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 26769.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1834.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 572.6 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 151.6 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 124.6 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 158.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.66 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.02 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.68 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.04 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.72 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.36 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.984
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.66 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.26 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.4 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.654
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.934
    Elevation 24.0 m