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Adotela Concolor
''Adotela concolor'' is a species of Broscinae in the genus Adotela. ''A. concolor'' is an endemic species found in Western Australia, Australia. Distribution ''Adotela concolor'' is found in the south western coastal areas of Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to ... and has been collected from the Swan River basin. References {{Taxonbar, from=Q13230020 Broscini Beetles of Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François-Louis Laporte, Comte De Castelnau
François-Louis Nompar de Caumont Laporte, comte de Castelnau (born ''François-Louis Nompar de Caumont La Force''; 24 December 1802 – 4 February 1880) was a French naturalist, known also as François Laporte or Francis de Castelnau. The standard author abbreviation Castelnau is used to indicate him when citing a botanical name and zoological names other than insects. Laporte is typically used when citing an insect name, or Laporte de Castelnau. Life Born in London, Castelnau studied natural history in Paris. From 1837 to 1841 he traveled in the United States, Texas, and Canada. He visited Middle Florida from November 1837 until March 1838, publishing "Essai sur la Floride du Milieu" in 1843. In Canada he studied the fauna of the Canadian lakes and the river systems of Upper and Lower Canada (roughly corresponding to the modern provinces of Ontario and Quebec) and of the United States. Castelnau, a French savant, was sent by Louis Philippe, in 1843, with two botanists and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broscinae
Broscinae is a subfamily of ground beetle Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan family (biology), family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it i ...s (the family Carabidae). It contains the tribe Broscini and the following genera: * '' Acallistus'' Sharp, 1886 * '' Adotela'' Castelnau, 1867 * '' Anheretus'' Putzeys, 1868 * '' Axonya'' Andrewes, 1923 * '' Barypus'' Dejean, 1828 * '' Bountya'' Townsend, 1971 * '' Brithysternus'' MacLeay, 1873 * '' Broscodera'' Lindroth, 1961 * '' Broscodes'' Bolivar & Pieltain, 1914 * '' Broscosoma'' Rosenhauer, 1846 * '' Broscus'' Panzer, 1813 * '' Cascellius'' Curtis, 1839 * '' Cerotalis'' Castelnau, 1867 * '' Chaetobroscus'' Semenov, 1900 * '' Chylnus'' Sloane, 1920 * '' Craspedonotus'' Schaum, 1863 * '' Creobius'' Guérin-Méneville, 1838 * '' Diglymma'' Sharp, 1886 * '' Ebertius'' Jedlicka, 1965 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adotela
''Adotela'' is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal fam ..., containing the following species: * '' Adotela apicalis'' (Sloane, 1893) * '' Adotela atronitens'' Sloane, 1890 * '' Adotela australis'' Sloane, 1890 * '' Adotela bicolor'' ( Castelnau, 1867) * '' Adotela carbonaria'' ( Castelnau, 1867) * '' Adotela carenoides'' Putzeys, 1873 * '' Adotela concolor'' Castelnau, 1867 * '' Adotela esmeralda'' Castelnau, 1867 * '' Adotela frenchi'' Sloane, 1890 * '' Adotela grandis'' ( Castelnau, 1867) * '' Adotela howitti'' ( Castelnau, 1867) * '' Adotela laevigatta'' (Sloane, 1893) * '' Adotela nigerrima'' MacLeay, 1873 * '' Adotela noctis'' (Sloane, 1893) * '' Adotela striolata'' Putzeys, 1873 * '' Adotela violacea'' ( Castelnau, 1867) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east, and South Australia to the south-east. Western Australia is Australia's largest state, with a total land area of . It is the second-largest country subdivision in the world, surpassed only by Russia's Sakha Republic. the state has 2.76 million inhabitants percent of the national total. The vast majority (92 percent) live in the south-west corner; 79 percent of the population lives in the Perth area, leaving the remainder of the state sparsely populated. The first Europeans to visit Western Australia belonged to the Dutch Dirk Hartog expedition, who visited the Western Australian coast in 1616. The first permanent European colony of Western Australia occurred following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign ''Sovereign'' is a title which can be applied to the highest leader in various categories. The word is borrowed from Old French , which is ultimately derived from the Latin , meaning 'above'. The roles of a sovereign vary from monarch, ruler or ... country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swan River (Western Australia)
The Swan River () is a river in the south west of Western Australia. The river runs through the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia's capital and largest city. Course of river The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow. The Swan River drains the Avon and coastal plain catchments, which have a total area of about . It has three major tributaries, the Avon River, Canning River and Helena River. The latter two have dams (Canning Dam and Mundaring Weir) which provide a sizeable part of the potable water requirements for Perth and the regions surrounding. The Avon River contributes the majority of the freshwater flow. The climate of the catchment is Mediterranean, with mild wet winters, hot dry summers, and the associated highly seasonal rainfall and flow regime. The Avon rises near Yealering, southeast of Perth: it me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broscini
The tribe Broscini is a worldwide group of beetles in the Broscinae subfamily of Carabidae (the ground beetles). Description Broscini is divided into five subtribes: * Axonyina: 3 genera (Oriental-Palearctic-Neotropical). * Broscina: 9 genera (Holoarctic-Oriental). * Nothobroscina Nothobroscina Roig-Juñent 2000 is one five subtribes within the ground beetle tribe Broscini. The subtribe consists of ten genera from the Gondwanan countries: Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand and southern South America. All of the gener ...: 10 genera (Australian-Neotropical). * Barypina: 2 genera (Neotropical). * Creobiina: 11 genera (Australian-Neotropical). References Ball, G. E. (1956). Notes on the genus ''Zacotus'' Le Conte, 1869, and on the classification of the tribe Broscini (= Broscidae sensu Jeannel, 1941. Coleoptera, Carabidae). ''The Coleopterists' Bulletin'', 33–52. Beetle tribes {{beetle-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
