Occurrence record: invertebrates:F109050

Preserved specimen of Scitala sericans Erichson, 1842 | Shiny Pasture Scarab recorded on 1993-11-15

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Dataset

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	F109050
Occurrence ID	TMAG: F109050
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by	S.J. Grove
Collector	C.P. Spencer
Individual count	1
Life stage	adult
License	CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Sampling protocol	[by hand]
Dataset name / Survey name	[C.P. Spencer - K. Richards Tasmanian invertebrates collection]
Date identified	2020-09

Event

Dataset name / Survey name	C.P. Spencer - K. Richards Tasmanian invertebrates collection
Occurrence date	1993-11-15 Supplied date "15/11/1993"
Sampling protocol	by hand
End day of year	319
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	319

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Scitala sericans
Original name usage	Scitala sericans
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Shiny Pasture Scarab
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Scitala
Species	Scitala sericans
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	Erichson, 1842
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Tasmania
Locality	Liffey: Fernery
Latitude	-41.6835 Supplied as: "-41.6835"
Longitude	146.83 Supplied as: "146.83"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality	Liffey: Fernery
Coordinate precision	1.0e-04
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	100.0
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification	Scitala sericans

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Ambiguous collection	Passed
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Different owner institution	Passed
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Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
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Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
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Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
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TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
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Taxon homonym	Passed
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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
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Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
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Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
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Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
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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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Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
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TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial	Liffey
CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial	Liffey
CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Liffey
CAPAD Terrestrial 2024	Liffey
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Tasmanian Northern Slopes
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Northern Slopes
IBRA 7.1 Regions	Tasmanian Northern Slopes
IBRA 7.1 Subegions	Northern Slopes
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 Slopes
IBRA 7 Regions	Tasmanian Northern Slopes
IBRA 7 Subregions	Northern Slopes
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Tasmania
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Tasmania
Drainage Divisions Level 2	TAMAR RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Meander Valley - Kentish
Indigenous Locations 2021	Meander Valley
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	Lyons
Electorates March 2025	Lyons
Local Government Areas 2011	Northern Midlands (M)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Northern Midlands - Pt B
Local Government Areas 2023	Northern Midlands
Local Government Areas 2025	Northern Midlands
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	NORTHERN MIDLANDS 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)	882
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF TAS.
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	WESTBURY
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	MEANDER VALLEY - WEST TAMAR
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LYONS
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	MEANDER VALLEY - KENTISH
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	MEANDER VALLEY
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	TASMANIA
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Outer Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	MCINTYRE
PSMA States (2016)	TASMANIA
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Lyons (McIntyre)
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Westbury
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of Tas.
Postal Areas 2021	7301
Remoteness Areas 2021	Outer Regional Australia
States and Territories 2021	Tasmania
Statistical Areas Level 2	Westbury
Statistical Areas Level 3	Meander Valley - West Tamar
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, Native forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Eucalypt Medium Woodland
Forests of Australia 2018B	Eucalypt Medium Woodland
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 tall open forests
Vegetation types - present	Eucalyptus tall open forest

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	16448.0 frequency
Species Richness	2566.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	984.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	330.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	10.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	162.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	28.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	167.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	31.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	339.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	13.3 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	51.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	21.2 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	10.3 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	23.0 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	0.1 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	5.6 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	11.7 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	15.0 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.51 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.31
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	23.0 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	15.1 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	6.1 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	929.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	310.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	40.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	156.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	27.509602 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	156.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	111.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	315.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	9.970834 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	18.300001 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	1.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	5.9500003 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	9.041667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	14.033334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	44.215687 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	353.70764
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	25.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	22.233334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	22.15 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	49.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.79
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	1.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Scitala sericans	Scitala sericans
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ec21b060-78e8-4a37-9e62-b8bef532b001
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0cf66e72-467f-4a58-afa6-747cf90a0b87
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4a174ed1-647e-4644-b037-0987f597ad6c
	Order	Coleoptera	Coleoptera
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4a174ed1-647e-4644-b037-0987f597ad6c
	Genus	Scitala	Scitala
	Left		205982
	Scientific name authorship	Erichson, 1842	Erichson, 1842
	Taxon rank	species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/850bb520-2e90-4ee4-9441-81d84c1d2e86
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Shiny Pasture Scarab
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5c387616-0cb4-42f0-936e-7ec22d576939
	Right		205982
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	sericans
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/17c9fd64-3c07-4df5-a33d-eda1e065e99f
	Phylum	Arthropoda	Arthropoda
	Class	Insecta	Insecta
	Species		Scitala sericans
	Original name usage	Scitala sericans
	Family	Scarabaeidae	Scarabaeidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Year		1993
	End day of year		319
	Dataset name / Survey name	[C.P. Spencer - K. Richards Tasmanian invertebrates collection]
	Month		11
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		319
	Day		15
	Event date	15/11/1993	1993-11-15
Identification	Date identified	2020-09	2020-09
Identification	Identified by	[S.J. Grove]
Occurrence	Individual count	1	1
	Catalog number	F109050
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Collection code	invertebrates
	Occurrence ID	TMAG: F109050
	Sampling protocol	[by hand]
	Institution code	TMAG
	Dataset name / Survey name	[C.P. Spencer - K. Richards Tasmanian invertebrates collection]
	Recorded by	C.P. Spencer
	Life stage	adult	{"concept": "Adult", "lineage": ["Adult"]}
Attribution	Data resource		Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Invertebrate Collection
	License		CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr347	dr347
	Institution ID		in25
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co198
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-41.6835	-41.6835
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Liffey: Fernery	Liffey: Fernery
	Decimal longitude	146.83	146.83
	State province		Tasmania
	Verbatim locality	Liffey: Fernery
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	100	100.0
	Lga	Northern Midlands (M)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326
	Coordinate precision	1.0e-04	1.0E-4

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