Species Hydrochus obscuroaeneus Fairmaire, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hydrochus obscuroaeneus Fairmaire, L. 1879. Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée Godeffroy. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 14: 80–114 [80].
• Hydrochus palmerstoni Blackburn, T. 1895. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XVII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 19: 27-60 [Date published Jul., 1895] [29].
• Hydrochus insularis Lea, A.M. 1926. Notes on some miscellaneous Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part VI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 50: 45-84 [Date published 23 Dec. 1926] [49].
• Hydrochus rodjani Makhan, D. 1994. Thirty-five new Hydrochus species from the Old and the New World (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 86: 29-42 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM ♂, Brown River, Papua, New Guinea.
  Paratype(s) HNHM ♂ (same data as holotype).
• Hydrochus wewalkai Makhan, D. 1995. Descriptions of ten new species of Hydrochus from different parts of the world (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae). Phegea 23(4): 187-193 [191].
• Hydrochus nadesui Makhan, D. 1994. Thirty-five new Hydrochus species from the Old and the New World (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 86: 29-42 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype BPBM ♂, Katherine, Northern Territory.
  Paratype(s) HNHM ♀ (same data as holotype).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Watts, C.H.S. 1999. Revision of the Australian Hydrochus (Coleoptera: Hydrochidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 32(1): 1-43 [32]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, emergent vegetation, lentic freshwater, volant.

History of changes