Genus Anacaena Thomson, 1859

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• Anacaena Thomson, C.G. 1859. Skandinaviens Coleoptera synoptiskt bearbetade. Lund : Berlingska Boktryckeriet Tom 1 394 pp. [18].

  Type species:

   Hydrophilus globulus Paykull, 1798 by original designation.
• Paranacaena Blackburn, T. 1888. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 805-875 [820] [first introduced as a subgenus of Paracymus Thomson, 1867].

  Type species:

   Paracymus (Paranacaena) lindi Blackburn, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Knisch, A. 1924. Hydrophilidae. pp. 1-306 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus auspiciis et auxilio W. Junk. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 14, Pars 79 306 pp. [168].
• Enigmata Hansen, M. 1999. Fifteen new genera of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera), with remarks on the generic classification of the family. Entomologica Scandinavica 30: 121-172 [129].
• Grodum Hansen, M. 1999. Fifteen new genera of Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera), with remarks on the generic classification of the family. Entomologica Scandinavica 30: 121-172 [124].
• Hebauerina Gentili, E. 2002. Hebauerina, new genus of water beetle from Thailand (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 10: 141–145 [141].
• Gentilina Hebauer, F. 2003. A new genus of water beetle Gentilina gen. nov. from Australia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 36(2): 109-114 [109].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Komarek, A. & Beutel, R.G. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of Anacaenini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae) based on morphological characters of adults. Systematic Entomology 32: 205-226 [222]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Guinea, New Caledonia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Finke (FIN), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Distribution References

History of changes

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		13-May-2011	ADDED