Genus Batrachomatus Clark, 1863

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• Batrachomatus Clark, H. 1863. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part II. Journal of Entomology 2: 14–23 [Jan. 1863] [15].

  Type species:

   Batrachomatus wingii Clark, 1863 by original designation.
• Allomatus Mouchamps, R. 1964. Les Matini australiens (Col. Dytiscidae Colymbetinae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 69: 136-141 [140].

  Type species:

   Allomatus wilsoni Mouchamps, 1964 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hendrich, L. 2013. Revision of Australian Matini diving beetles based on morphological and molecular data (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Matinae), with description of a new species. ZooKeys 293: 41–64 [44]

 

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), 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), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), 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) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NT, Qld, WA: Northern Kimberley (NK), Pilbara (PIL) ; WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		24-Apr-2013	MODIFIED