• Amphiops Erichson, W.F. 1843. Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Angola, in besondere Beziehung zur geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten in Afrika. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 9(1): 199–267 [229].

  Type species:

   Hydrophilus gibbus Illiger, 1801 by subsequent designation, see Knisch, A, 1924. Hydrophilidae. Pars 79. pp. 1-306 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 79 306 pp. [259].
• Cyprimorphus Fairmaire, L. in Fairmaire, L. & Raffray, A. 1873. Coléoptères du Nord de l'Afrique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée. Paris 3 1: 331-385 [334].

  Type species:

   Cyprimorphus compressus Fairmaire, 1873 (=Coelostoma senegalense Castelnau, 1840) by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Zaitzev, F.A. 1908. Catalogue des Coléoptères aquatiques des familles Dryopidae, Georyssidae, Cyathoceridae, Heteroceridae et Hydrophilidae. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae 38: 283-420 [399]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

General References

Short, A.E.Z. & Fikacek, M. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 38: 723-752 [736] (herein transferred from former position in subfamily Hydrophilinae, tribe Chaetarthriini)

History of changes

• Amphiops australicus Blackburn, T. 1898. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXIV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 22: 221-233 [226].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

History of changes

• Amphiops austrinus Watts, C.H.S. 1998. Revision of Australian Amphiops Erichson, Allocotocerus Kraatz and Regimbartia Zaitzev (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 30(2): 93-106 [94].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA, Brisbane, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 4, Petrie, Queensland.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

History of changes

• Amphiops duplopunctulatus Blackburn, T. 1898. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXIV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 22: 221-233 [226].
• Amphiops duplopunctatus Watts, C.H.S. 1998. Revision of Australian Amphiops Erichson, Allocotocerus Kraatz and Regimbartia Zaitzev (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 30(2): 93-106 [96] [incorrect subsequent spelling].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

History of changes

• Amphiops micropunctatus Watts, C.H.S. 1998. Revision of Australian Amphiops Erichson, Allocotocerus Kraatz and Regimbartia Zaitzev (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 30(2): 93-106 [98].

  Type data:

   Holotype QDPI ♂, 15 km WNW of South Johnstone, Queensland.
  Paratype(s) QDPI 2 (same data as holotype).

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

History of changes

• Amphiops queenslandicus Balfour-Browne, J. 1939. Contribution to the study of the Palpicornia. Part III. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 4: 289-310 [303].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

History of changes