Species Australphilus saltus Watts, 1978

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• Australphilus saltus Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [14 figs 19-20].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Healsville, VIC.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 9 specimens; BMNH 5 specimens.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Healsville, Burnie and Deloraine.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lotic freshwater, predator.

 

General References

Alarie, Y., Nilsson, A.N., Hendrich, L., Watts, C.H.S. & Balke, M. 2000. Larval morphology of four genera of Laccophilinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae) with an analysis of their phylogenetic relationships. Insect Systematics and Evolution 31: 121-164 [152] (larval description)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)