Species Gibbidessus chipi Watts, 1978

Museums

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• Gibbidessus chipi Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [52 figs 91-92].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 25015140 ♂ (Det. C. Watts 1976), Collector, NSW.
  Paratype(s) ANIC 7 specimens; BMNH 3 specimens.

  Secondary source:

   Hendrich, L., Watts, C.H.S. & Balke, M. 2020. The “minute diving beetles” of southern Australia – taxonomic revision of Gibbidessus Watts, 1978, with description of six new species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini). ZooKeys 975: 11-49 [Date published 12/10/2020] (redescription).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Lofty Ranges near Adelaide to northern TAS and north to Canberra

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

 

General References

Hendrich, L., Watts, C.H.S. & Balke, M. 2020. The “minute diving beetles” of southern Australia – taxonomic revision of Gibbidessus Watts, 1978, with description of six new species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini). ZooKeys 975: 11-49 [Date published 12/10/2020]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Aug-2021	DYTISCIDAE	23-Jun-2021	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)