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Occurrence record: invertebrates:F53521

Preserved specimen of Mecyclothorax (Mecyclothorax) ambiguus (Erichson, 1842) recorded on 2003-02
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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 F53521
Occurrence ID TMAG: F053521
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by determiner not recorded  
Collector M. MacDonald
Individual count 1.0
Life stage adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Pitfall trap]
Dataset / Survey name [Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Tasmanian Forest Insect Collection  
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 2003, Month: 2, Day:
Supplied date "2003-02"
Sampling protocol Pitfall trap  
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mecyclothorax (Mecyclothorax) ambiguus
Original name usage Mecyclothorax ambiguus
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Carabidae
Genus Mecyclothorax
Species Mecyclothorax ambiguus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Erichson, 1842)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Tarraleah: Hornes Dam area: forestry coupe WW035A
Latitude -42.2639
Supplied as: "-42.2639"
Longitude 146.356
Supplied as: "146.356"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 100.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian Southern Ranges
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Southern Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Southern Ranges
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Southern Ranges
    IBRA 7 Subregions Southern Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Central Highlands (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Central Highlands
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL HIGHLANDS 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) 1233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) DERWENT
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Central Highlands (Tas.)
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus tall open forest with a fine-leaved shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Multiple Use Forest
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2192.0 frequency
    Species Richness 457.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1339.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 381.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 231.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 244.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 427.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 52.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) -0.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 3.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.16
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 18.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 4.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1476.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 438.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 69.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 249.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 23.070206 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 249.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 159.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 464.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 7.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.199999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min -0.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 3.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.216666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 11.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 50.64103 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 328.6128
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 17.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 11.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 3.6166668 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.98
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 916.0 m