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Genus Gymnanthelius Perkins, 1997

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Genus Gymnanthelius Perkins, 1997

Distribution

States

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


Extra Distribution Information

Known species of Gymnanthelius inhabit south-eastern Australia; the northernmost species being G. cupreus, G. lamingtonensis and G. maxipunctus, known from south-eastern Queensland; ive of the eight known species have been collected in Victoria, five in New South Wales, and three in the Australian Capital Territory; two species, G. clypeatus and G. cupreus, have been collected in all three states.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • South Australia: SE coastal
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Distribution References

Diagnosis

Recognised by the combination of the bilobate labrum with U-shaped apicomedian notch, the deep foveae of the frons, the wide, continuous lateral hyaline border of the pronotum, the angulate lateral process of the pronotum, the deep median groove and lack of posterior foveae of the pronotum, the details of the antennal pocket and exocrine secretion delivery system (see below) and, in males, the basally angulate last article of the mesotarsi, and the basic aedeagal structure.

 

Diagnosis References

Perkins, P.D. 2004. A revision of the Australian endemic water beetle genus Gymnanthelius Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 585: 1-39 [5; 6, 7] (diagnosis; key to species of Gymnanthelius)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020 21-Dec-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)