Species Chostonectes johnsonii (Clark, 1862)

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• Hydroporus johnsonii 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] [405].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, VIC.
• Chostonectes latus Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2 2: 179-1003 [409].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Mt Macedon, VIC.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂ 3♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [61].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Balfour-Browne, J. 1944. New names and new synonymies in the Dytiscidae (Col.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 345-358 [347]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

 

History of changes

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