Hesperus gigas (Lea, 1929:204)
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Cafius gigas Lea, 1929:204
Conservation Status
Extinct (Jensen et al., 2020; Reid et al., 2024 [as "considered extinct"])
Last record: 1886 (Jensen et al., 2020); 1910's (DECC NSW, 2007)
Distribution
Mount Lidgbird (=Mount Ledgbird =Big Hill), Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Lea, Arthur Mills. (1929). Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with description of new species. Part VII. Transcations and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 53: 203-244.
Other references:
Cassis, G., Meades, L., Reid, C., Harris, R., Carter, G. and Jeffreys, E. (2003). Lord Howe Island: Terrestrial Invertebrates Biodiversity and Conservation. A report prepared by the Australian Museum Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Research for NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service. Australian Museum, Sydney.
Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW). (2007). Lord Howe Island Biodiversity Management Plan Appendices. Department of Environment and Climate Change (NSW), Sydney. vii + 267 pp.
Jenkins Shaw, Josh and Solodovnikov, Alexey. (2016). Systematic and biogeographic review of the Staphylinini rove beetles of Lord Howe Island with description of new species and taxonomic changes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). ZooKeys 638: 1-25.
Jensen, Arn Rytter et al. (2020). A total-evidence approach resolves phylogenetic placement of ‘Cafius’ gigas, a unique recently extinct rove beetle from Lord Howe Island. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190:
1159-1174. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa020
Priddel, D., Carlile, N., Humphrey, M., Fellenberg, S. and Hiscox, D. (2003). Rediscovery of the ‘extinct’ Lord Howe Island stick-insect (Dryococelus australis (Montrouzier)) (Phasmatodea) and recommendations for its conservation. Biodiversity and Conservation 12: 1391-1403.
Reid, Chris A. M., Hutton, Ian and Reid, Ewan C. A. (2024). The Australian Museum and Friends of Lord Howe Island survey of large Coleoptera on Lord Howe Island, August 2022. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum Online 41: 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3853/j.1835-4211.41.2024.1804
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