Genus Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, 1853

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• Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, V. von 1853. Hydrocanthares de la Russie. Helsingfors : Société de Litérature Finnoise 15 pp. [5] [first introduced as a subgenus of Hydroporus Clairville, 1806].

  Type species:

   Dytiscus geminus Fabricius, 1792 by subsequent designation, see Biström, O. & Silfverberg, H. 1981. Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, a senior synonym of Guignotus Houlbert (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Annales Entomologici Fennici 47(4): 124 [124].
• Guignotus Houlbert, C. 1934. Faune Entomologique Armoricaine. Coléoptères. Hydrocarabiques (hydaticiformes). Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Bretagne hors sér. 11: 1-147 [53] [first introduced as a subgenus of Bidessus Sharp, 1882].

  Type species:

   Dytiscus geminus Fabricius, 1792 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Guignot, F. 1946. Génotypes des Dytiscoidea et des Gyrinoidea. Revue Française d'Entomologie 13: 112-118; Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [36].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Biström, O. & Silfverberg, H. 1981. Hydroglyphus Motschulsky, a senior synonym of Guignotus Houlbert (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Annales Entomologici Fennici 47(4): 124 [124]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau

Oriental Region

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)