Species Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) subcostata (Deane, 1933)

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Species Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) subcostata (Deane, 1933)

Ochthebius subcostatus Deane, C. 1933. Australian Hydrophilidae—Notes and new species. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 46(1): 20-27 [22].
Type data:
Holotype ♂ ([labels: TYPE // Blue Mts. N.S.W. // Leaf debris B. L. C. Stoyles // aedeagus drawn by P.D. Perkins // DIGITAL IMAGE captured 2005 P.D. Perkins // Ochthebius subcostatus Deane. Det. C.Deane]), New South Wales, Blue Mountains [33°39'S 150°17'E].

Generic Combinations

Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) subcostata (Deane, 1933). —
Perkins, P.D. 2006. A revision of the Australian humicolous hygropetric water beetle genus Tympanogaster Perkins, and comparative morphology of the Meropathina (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 1346: 1-396 [55]
Meropathus subcostatus (Deane, 1933).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from the type locality in the Blue Mountains, and from one site near Sydney.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: leaf debris.

Algae feeder, aquatic, freshwater.

Diagnosis References

Perkins, P.D. 2006. A revision of the Australian humicolous hygropetric water beetle genus Tympanogaster Perkins, and comparative morphology of the Meropathina (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 1346: 1-396 [55]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	25-Aug-2023	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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