Species Enochrus (Methydrus) esuriens (Walker, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Philhydrus esuriens Walker, F. 1858. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 2(9): 202–209 [Sept. 1858] [209].
• Pylophilus nigriceps Motschulsky, V. von 1859. Insectes des Indies orientales, et de countrées analogues. Études Entomologiques 8: 25-118 [46].
• Philydrus pullus Fauvel, A. 1883. Les Coléoptères de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et dépendances, avec descriptions, notes et synonymies nouvelles. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 2: 335-360 [354].
• Philydrus ornaticeps Sharp, D. 1884. The water-beetles of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1884: 439-464 [454].
• Philhydrus nigriceps Redtenbacher, L. 1868. [1867]. Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllersdorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil, Zweiter Band, 1. Abtheilung, A. 1: Coleoptera. 249 pp. Karl Gerold’s Sohn, Wien. [26] [junior homonym; preoccupied, not Pylophilus nigriceps Motschulsky 1860:46 (JSH in Enochrus)].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Watts, C.H.S. 1998. Revision of Australian Enochrus Thomson (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 30(2): 137-156 [147]

 

Generic Combinations

• Enochrus (Methydrus) esuriens (Walker, 1858).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also Sri Lanka, South-East Asia, New Caledonia and Polynesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, volant.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		19-May-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)