Species Antiporus interrogationis (Clark, 1862)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hydroporus interrogationis Clark, H. 1862. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part I. Journal of Entomology 1: 399–421 [Sept. 1862] [408].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 28♂, 5♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [67].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), 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), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

 

General References

Brancucci, M. 1984. Notes on some species of the genus Antiprous (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 6(3): 149-152 [149] (redescription)

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] [38] (distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Sep-2012		05-Sep-2012	MODIFIED
26-Jul-2011		26-Jul-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)