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Occurrence record: Entomology:COL88236

Preserved specimen of Berosus (Berosus) approximans Fairmaire, 1879 | Water Scavenger Beetle
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Entomology and Arachnology Collection
Supplied collection code "Entomology"
Catalog number COL88236
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Entomology:PreservedSpecimen:COL88236
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations pinned
Collector Carter, J.H.  
Supplied as "J. H. Carter"
Sex Unknown
Individual count 3
Life stage adult
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1903, Month: 10, Day:
Supplied as year:1903  month:10 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Arthropoda | Hexapoda | Insecta | Coleoptera | Hydrophiloidea | Hydrophilidae | Hydrophilinae
Scientific name Berosus (Berosus) approximans
Supplied scientific name "Berosus (Berosus) approximans Fairmaire, 1879"
Identified to rank species
Common name Water Scavenger Beetle
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Coleoptera
Family Hydrophilidae
Genus Berosus
Species Berosus approximans
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Fairmaire, 1879
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Subgenus Berosus
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | New South Wales
Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Locality Gosford
Latitude -33.43
Supplied as: "-33.43"
Longitude 151.33
Supplied as: "151.33"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Gosford
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 132ff09f-ad62-49a4-bd6e-6f4a821e9b15
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Berosus (Berosus) approximans Fairmaire, 1879
    Coordinates -33.43,151.33
    Related records
    Record UUID f51d1660-5be7-4fd9-a4d7-51ae10413d0d
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Berosus (Berosus) approximans Fairmaire, 1879
    Coordinates -33.43,151.33

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Brisbane Water Estuary
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Wyong
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HAWKESBURY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Gosford - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL COAST COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) ROBERTSON
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    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 Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    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

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1247.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 239.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 202.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 391.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 437.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.29
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.704166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.84
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 17.0 m