Species Copelatus australis (Clark, 1863)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Celina australis 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] [14].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Australia.
• Copelatus torcutus Guignot, F. 1954. Quarantième note sur les Hydrocanthares. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 90: 40-45 [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Beverley, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [129]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE 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)