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Occurrence record: ANIC:25-044685-105

Preserved specimen of Berosus (Berosus) discolor Blackburn, 1888 | Water Scavenger Beetle recorded on 1965-09-21
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Dataset

Data partner Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO
Data resource Australian National Insect Collection
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "CSIRO"
Collection Australian National Insect Collection
Supplied collection code "ANIC"
Catalog number 25-044685-105
Other catalog numbers ["urn:catalog:CSIRO:ANIC:25-044685-105"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:CSIRO:ANIC:25-044685-105
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Watts,C.H.S.  
Collector Britton, E.B.  
Supplied as "Britton,E.B."
Individual count 4
Life stage Adult
License CC-BY
Establishment means wild
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:biolink.anic.ento.csiro.au:Event:EC352037-1BD5-11D4-9F40-00E029193FE1
Occurrence date 1965-09-21
Supplied date "21/9/65"
End day of year 0
Date precision DAY
Event time 0
Start day of year 264

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Polyphaga; Staphyliniformia; Hydrophiloidea; Hydrophilidae; Hydrophilinae; Berosus
Scientific name Berosus (Berosus) discolor
Supplied scientific name "Berosus discolor Blackburn, 1888"
Identified to rank species
Common name Water Scavenger Beetle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Hydrophilidae
Genus Berosus
Species Berosus discolor
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Berosus discolor Blackburn, 1888
Parent name usage Berosus Leach, 1817
Scientific name authorship Blackburn, 1888
Supplied as Blackburn
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australian Region: Australia: Western Australia
Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality Phillips River Ravensthorpe Rd.
Latitude -33.88334
Supplied as: "-33.88334"
Longitude 119.9667
Supplied as: "119.9667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Georeference sources gazetteer
Location according to Collector
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID urn:biolink.anic.ento.csiro.au:Location:DD12B90A-1BD5-11D4-9F40-00E029193FE1

Additional properties

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dcterms:rights holder CSIRO
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 12/04/2019
dcterms rights holder CSIRO
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Fitzgerald River
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Fitzgerald River
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fitzgerald
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ALBANY COAST
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Ravensthorpe (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Ravensthorpe
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF RAVENSTHORPE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 17
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 622
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN 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 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)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 464.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 161.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 76.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 165.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 38.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.57 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.09
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.016666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.36
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.71
    Elevation 189.0 m