Species Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) brevispina Fairmaire, 1879
- Hydrophilus brevispina Fairmaire, L. 1879. Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée Godeffroy. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 14: 80–114 [80].
- Hydrophilus scissipalpis Blackburn, T. 1901. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXIX. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 25: 99-131 [128].
- Hydrous (Stethoxus) brevissimus Kuwert, A. 1893. Die grossen Hydrophiliden des Erdballs des Genus Hydrous Leach. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1893: 81-93 [87].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Watts, C.H.S. 1988. Revision of Australasian Hydrophilus Müller, 1764 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 22(2): 117-130 [123]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Hydrous (Stethoxus) brevissimus Kuwert, 1893 [error for brevispina Fairmaire 1878].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), 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), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, volant.
Larva: aquatic, predator.
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jul-2020 | 05-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |