Species Gymnanthelius tunicus Perkins, 2004

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• Gymnanthelius tunicus Perkins, P.D. 2004. A revision of the Australian endemic water beetle genus Gymnanthelius Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 585: 1-39 [20].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Victoria, Traralgon Ck, 0.2 km N 'Hogg Bridge', 5.0 km NNW Balook, 170 m [38.24S 146.32E].
  Paratype(s) ANIC (many, 131 ANIC, NPC; sex not determined), Victoria, Traralgon Ck., 0.2 km N 'Hogg Bridge', 5.0 km NNW Balook, 170 m [38.24S 146.32E].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: in sandy mud, silty sand.

Aquatic.

 

Diagnosis References

Perkins, P.D. 2004. A revision of the Australian endemic water beetle genus Gymnanthelius Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 585: 1-39 [21]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)