Species Gymnochthebius lividus (Deane, 1933)

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Species Gymnochthebius lividus (Deane, 1933)

Ochthebius lividus Deane, C. 1933. Australian Hydrophilidae—Notes and new species. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 46(1): 20-27 [23].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♀ ([labels: 'Echuca.Vic 3.1.32 F.E.Wilson'; 'Type 2276']), Victoria: Echuca.
Ochthebius flavocinctus Deane, C. 1933. Australian Hydrophilidae—Notes and new species. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 46(1): 20-27 [24].
Type data:
Holotype MVMA ♀, Victoria, Echuca.

Generic Combinations

Gymnochthebius lividus (Deane, 1933). —
Perkins, P.D. 2005. A revision of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) for Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 1024: 1-161 [28]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Widely distributed in Victoria, and currently known from a few localities in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory.

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, 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
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: algae feeder, aquatic, in sandy mud, lentic freshwater, muddy litter, sand.

Diagnosis References

Perkins, P.D. 2005. A revision of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) for Australia and Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 1024: 1-161 [29]

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)

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