Species Antiporus femoralis (Boheman, 1858)
- Hydroporus femoralis Boheman, C.H. 1858. Coleoptera, species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa Omkring Jorden …1851-1853. Zoologi. 1. Insecta. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt pp. 1-112. [1–112 pp. (1858), 113–218 (1859)] [19].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♂, Sydney, NSW (as Sidney, Nova Hollandia). - Hydroporus wakefieldi Sharp, D. 1876. Descriptions of some new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 13: 20-28 [Date published Jun. 1876] [20].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Canterbury, NZ.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂, 2♀.Subsequent designation references:
Ordish, R.G. 1966. A systematic revision of the New Zealand water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Records of the Dominion Museum 5(22): 217-264 [241]. - Hydroporus duplex Sharp, D. 1876. Descriptions of some new genera and species of New Zealand Coleoptera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 13: 20-28 [Date published Jun. 1876] [21].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Auckland, NZ.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 4♂, 5♀.Subsequent designation references:
Ordish, R.G. 1966. A systematic revision of the New Zealand water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Records of the Dominion Museum 5(22): 217-264 [241].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brancucci, M. 1984. Notes on some species of the genus Antiprous (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 6(3): 149-152 [151]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia: SW coastal
- New Zealand
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: aquatic, predator.
General References
Hawlitschek, O., Porch, N., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2011. Ecological niche modelling and nDNA sequencing support a new, morphologically cryptic beetle species unveiled by DNA Barcoding. PLoS ONE (Public Library of Science) 6(2): [online: e16662. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016662] (A. femoralis demonstrated to comprise two species; a new species described for WA specimens)
Watts, C.H.S. 1997. Four new species of Antiporus Sharp (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from Australia, with notes on A. femoralis (Boh.) and A. interrogationis (Clark). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 30(1): 35-42 [Date published Jul/1997] [36] (distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Sep-2012 | 05-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Jul-2011 | 26-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |