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Occurrence record: invertebrates:F116397

Preserved specimen of Scitala sericans Erichson, 1842 | Shiny Pasture Scarab recorded on 1981-12
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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 F116397
Occurrence ID TMAG: F116397
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by S.J. Grove  
Collector S.C. Fearn
Life stage adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [At light]
Dataset name / Survey name [C.P. Spencer - K. Richards Tasmanian invertebrates collection]
Date identified 2021-04-19
Supplied as 19/04/2021

Event

Dataset name / Survey name C.P. Spencer - K. Richards Tasmanian invertebrates collection  
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1981, Month: 12, Day:
Supplied date "1981-12"
Sampling protocol At light  
Date precision MONTH

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 Launceston: Newstead area
Latitude -41.449
Supplied as: "-41.449"
Longitude 147.157
Supplied as: "147.157"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Launceston: Newstead area
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

coordinate uncer 1000
individua 1
verbatim identification Scitala sericans

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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
    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) NEWSTEAD
    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 Newstead
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7250
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Newstead
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    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) 663.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 219.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 113.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 118.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 222.0 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) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.9 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) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 710.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 226.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 32.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 122.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 23.989624 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 122.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 83.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 229.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.954166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.416667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.941667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.708332 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 363.58356
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 23.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 9.133333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 17.0 m