Species Enochrus (Methydrus) maculiceps (W.J. Macleay, 1871)
- Philhydrus maculiceps Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [130].
Type data:
Lectotype AM K204405, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E]. - Philydrus artensis Fauvel, A. 1883. Les Coléoptères de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et dépendances, avec descriptions, notes et synonymies nouvelles. Revue d'Entomologie (Caen) 2: 335-360 [353].
- Philhydrus laevigatus Blackburn, T. 1888. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3: 805-875 [822].
- Enochrus (Lumetus) bryani Orchymont, A. d' 1927. Hydrophilidae. pp. 29-34 in British Museum (Natural History) (ed.). Insects of Samoa, and other Samoan Terrestrial Arthropoda. London : British Museum (Natural History) Vol. 4 (Coleoptera) 346 pp. [Date published 19/Dec/1927] [32].
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 [151]
Generic Combinations
- Enochrus (Methydrus) maculiceps (W.J. Macleay, 1871).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Western Samoa.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, volant.
General References
Anderson, J.M.E. 1976. Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). The biology of some Australian species with descriptions of immature stages reared in the laboratory. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15(2): 219-228 [225] (egg, larva)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 17-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 01-Jul-2020 | 05-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |