Species Dactylosternum hydrophiloides (W.S. Macleay, 1825)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sphaeridium hydrophiloides Macleay, W.S. 1825. Annulosa Javanica, or an attempt to illustrate the natural affinities and analogies of the insects collected in Java by Thomas Horsfield, M.D. F.L. & G.S. and deposited by him in the Museum of the Honourable East-India Company. London : Kingsbury, Parbury & Allen 52 pp. 1 pl. [36].
• Coelostoma nitidum Laporte, F.L. (Compte de Castelnau) 1840. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes Coléoptères; avec une introduction renfermant l’anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2 563 pp. [58].
• Cyclonotum capense Mulsant, E. 1844. Essai monographique du genre Cyclonotum. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 7: 167-180 [170] [attrib. Dejean Catal. p. 149].
• Cyclonotum rubripes Boheman, C.H. 1858. Coleoptera, species novas descripsit. In, Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa omkring Jorden aren 1851-53. Zoologi 1. Stockholm : Norstedt & Söner. Vol. 1. 1-112 pp. [24].
• Cyclonotum capense Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon Marvis Vol. Livr. 1 & 2 livr. 1 pp. 1-96. livr. 2 pp. 97-176. [134] [nomen nudum].

 

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. [257]

 

Generic Combinations

• Dactylosternum hydrophiloides (W.S. Macleay, 1825).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Introduced from Malaysia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: decaying organic matter, terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

 

General References

Waterhouse, D.F. & Norris, K.R. 1987. Chapter 20. Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar). pp. 152-158 in Waterhouse, D.F. & Norris, K.R. (eds). Biological COntrol. Pacific Prospects. Melbourne : Inkata Press. (biological control agent, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		05-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)