Occurrence record: Transcription of K. H. L. Key and associates' field notebooks on grasshopper occurrences (Morabidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Acrididae and Tetrigidae) - Key_notebook_71_96

Human observation of Moraba Walker, 1870 recorded on 1955-10-25
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Data resource Transcription of K. H. L. Key and associates' field notebooks on grasshopper occurrences (Morabidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Acrididae and Tetrigidae)
Catalog number Key_notebook_71_96
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "Human Observation"
Identified by K. H. L. Key  
Collector Calaby, J.H.  
Supplied as "J. H. Calaby"
License UNSPECIFIED
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as Present
Field notes Transcription of notebook 71 of K. H. L. Key's field notebook collection in the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC). The collector was John H. Calaby, from Perth to Mt Magnet, Geraldton and Shark Bay, Western Australia. See p. 105 in Upton, M.S. (1997). A rich and diverse Fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926-1991. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria.
Occurrence remarks Same stuff as 46586. Copied here - Mallee, Triodia community on reddish sand. Usual sort of shurbs and much bare sand. 12 Acridids, 2 species of Rusurpl

Event

Event ID KHLKey_notebook_71
Occurrence date 1955-10-25
Sampling protocol 0.5 to 1 hr ground survey  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Moraba
Supplied scientific name "Moraba sp."
Identified to rank genus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Orthoptera
Family Morabidae
Genus Moraba
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Walker, 1870
Name parse type INFORMAL

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -26.693696
Supplied as: "-26.693696"
Longitude 114.358175
Supplied as: "114.358175"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim coordinate system odometer, miles
Field notes Transcription of notebook 71 of K. H. L. Key's field notebook collection in the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC). The collector was John H. Calaby, from Perth to Mt Magnet, Geraldton and Shark Bay, Western Australia. See p. 105 in Upton, M.S. (1997). A rich and diverse Fauna: the history of the Australian National Insect Collection 1926-1991. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria.
Coordinate precision 0.0
Georeference verification status True
Georeference sources R502 historical topographic maps, Google Earth, Bonzle
Georeferenced by Md Anwar Hossain & Michael R Kearney
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim coordinates 46593

Additional properties

odometer 46593
verbatim coordinate precision within 1 mile
verbatim coordinate uncertainty within 1 mile

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Yalgoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Yalgoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Edel
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 WOORAMEL RIVER
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Gascoyne/Murchison
    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 Shark Bay (S)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF SHARK BAY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 239
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EXMOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GASCOYNE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SHARK BAY - CORAL BAY - UPPER GASCOYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SHARK BAY - CORAL BAY - UPPER GASCOYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) GERALDTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very 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 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Acacia shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 230.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 76.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 122.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 31.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 27.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.69
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 16.4 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.14
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.38
    Elevation 111.0 m