Nurus atlas (Laporte, 1867)
Atlas rainforest ground-beetle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Feronia atlas Laporte, 1867 (original combination); Feronia obesa Laporte, 1867; Homalosoma crassiforme Sloane, 1900; Nurus atlas (Castelnau, 1867) [pseudonym]
Conservation Status
Rediscovered
Distribution
Australia
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Laporte, F. L. de [Comte de Castelnau, pseud.]. (1867). Notes on Australian Coleoptera. Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne. 139 pp.
Other references:
Charley, D. and Andren, M. (2018). The distribution and conservation of the endangered atlas rainforest ground-beetle, 'Nurus atlas' (Laporte, 1867) (Coleoptera: Carabidae), in North-east New South Wales. The Australian Entomologist 45(4): 389-402. [Abstract]
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. (2002). Threatened Species of the Upper North Coast of NSW: Fauna. (NSW NPWS, Coffs Harbour)
NSW Scientific Committee. (2001). Nurus atlas (a beetle). Endangered species determination - final. DEC (NSW), Sydney.
Will, Kipling and Monteith, G. B. (2018). A multi-locus phylogeny, taxonomic review and description of new species of Australian Nurus (sensu stricto) Motschulsky, 1865 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini). Australian Entomologist 45(4): 353-388.