Occurrence record: Transcription of K. H. L. Key and associates' field notebooks on grasshopper occurrences (Morabidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Acrididae and Tetrigidae) - Key_notebook_124_380

Human observation of Warramunga desertorum Rehn, 1952 recorded on 1963-04-13
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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_124_380
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "Human Observation"
Identified by K. H. L. Key  
Collector Chinnick, L.J.  
Supplied as "L. J. Chinnick"
License UNSPECIFIED
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as Present
Field notes Transcription of notebook 85 of K. H. L. Key's field notebook collection in the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC). The collector was Lew Chinnick, on the 'Central North-West Expedition' of the ANIC, accompanied by Ray McInnes, John Dowse and D. D. Westall, as well as C. S. Hale between Giles and Alice Springs. The trip left from Canberra and collecting started in Port Augusta South Australia, heading up through NW South Australia and out to Jupiter Well in Western Australia, then to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory and north-west to the Kimberley in Western Australia, then south through the Pilbara via Meekatharra and south to Norseman in Western Australia and then back east along the Nullarbor. See p. 104 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 Sand Plain Triodia sand plain with scattered Eucalyptus terminalis and Grevillea sp., Aristida sp. present. Grass dry. Triodia green. Corresponds to ANIC accession 14-007666 of Warramunga desertorum 47 ml. NW of Tanami [Tanami Rockhole]

Event

Event ID KHLKey_notebook_124
Occurrence date 1963-04-13
Sampling protocol 0.5 to 1 hr ground survey  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Warramunga desertorum
Identified to rank species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Insecta
Order Orthoptera
Family Morabidae
Genus Warramunga
Species Warramunga desertorum
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Rehn, 1952
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -19.59981
Supplied as: "-19.59981"
Longitude 129.200961
Supplied as: "129.200961"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim coordinate system odometer, miles
Field notes Transcription of notebook 85 of K. H. L. Key's field notebook collection in the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC). The collector was Lew Chinnick, on the 'Central North-West Expedition' of the ANIC, accompanied by Ray McInnes, John Dowse and D. D. Westall, as well as C. S. Hale between Giles and Alice Springs. The trip left from Canberra and collecting started in Port Augusta South Australia, heading up through NW South Australia and out to Jupiter Well in Western Australia, then to Alice Springs in the Northern Territory and north-west to the Kimberley in Western Australia, then south through the Pilbara via Meekatharra and south to Norseman in Western Australia and then back east along the Nullarbor. See p. 104 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 27979

Additional properties

odometer 27979
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 Northern Territory
    NRM Regions 2017 Northern Territory
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Northern Territory
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tanami
    IBRA 7 Regions Tanami
    IBRA 7 Subregions Tanami Desert
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SANDY DESERT
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Australian States and Territories Northern Territory
    Local Government Areas 2011 Central Desert (S)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CENTRAL DESERT REGION
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 215
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 229
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NT
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TANAMI
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ALICE SPRINGS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LINGIARI
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NYIRRIPI AND TANAMI OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) TANAMI OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) APATULA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) NORTHERN TERRITORY
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus low open woodlands with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 455.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 118.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 201.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 314.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 22.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 15.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 30.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.7
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 38.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.5 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.13
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.35
    Elevation 413.0 m