Genus Dactylosternum Wollaston, 1854
- Dactylosternum Wollaston, T.V. 1854. Insecta Maderensia; being an account of the insects of the islands of the Madeiran group. London : J. van Voorst 43 + 634 pp. 13 pls. [99].
Type species:
Dactylosternum roussetii Wollaston, 1854 (=Sphaeridium abdominale Fabricius, 1792) by monotypy. - Trichopoda Brullé, A. 1835. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Coléoptères II. Paris : F.D. Pillot Vol. 5 436 pp. [294] [junior primary homonym of Trichopoda Latreille, 1825].
Type species:
Trichopoda cassidaeformis Brullé, 1835 by monotypy. - Dactilosternum Kuwert, A. 1890. Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. XX. Heft. Hydrophilidae. II. Abteilung: Sphaeridiini und Helophorini. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 28: 159-328 [178] [incorrect subsequent spelling].
- Macrocercyon Alluaud, C. 1899. Contributions à la faune entomologique de la Région malgache. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1899: 378-382 [379] [replacement name for Trichopoda Brullé, 1835].
Type species:
Trichopoda cassidaeformis Brullé, 1835 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hansen, M. 1999. Hydrophiloidea (s.str.) (Coleoptera). pp. 1-416 in Hansen, M. (ed.). World Catalogue of Insects. Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 2 416 pp. [254]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread throughout tropics and subtropics.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
General References
Newton, A.F. 1989. Review of Dactylosternum Wollaston species of Australia and New Zealand (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Australian Entomological Magazine 16(3): 49-58
History of changes
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| 01-Jul-2020 | 18-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |