Genus Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1853

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hydrovatus Motschulsky, V. von 1853. Hydrocanthares de la Russie. Helsingfors : Société de Litérature Finnoise 15 pp. [4].

  Type species:

   Hyphydrus cuspidatus Kunze, 1818 by monotypy.
• Hydatonychus Kolbe, H.J. 1883. Über die madagascarischen Dytisciden des königl. Entomologischen Museums zu Berlin. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 49(1): 383-427 [402].

  Type species:

   Hydatonychus crassicornis Kolbe, 1883 by monotypy.
• Oxynoptilus Schaum, H. 1868. Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae. Description of Oxynoptilus. 28 in Schaum, H. & Kiesenwetter, H. von (eds). Naturgeschichte der Insekten Deutschlands. Berlin : Nicolai Vol. 1 part 2 144 pp. [28].

  Type species:

   Hyphydrus cuspidatus Kunze, 1818 by monotypy.
• Vathydrus Guignot, F. 1954. Quarante-et-unième note sur les hydrocanthares. Revue Française d'Entomologie 21: 195-202 [197] [first introduced as a subgenus of Hydrovatus Motschulsky, 1853].

  Type species:

   Hydrovatus sordidus Sharp, 1882 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nilsson, A.N. 2001. World Catalogue of Insects. Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 3 395 pp. [190]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Pantropical.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: N coastal
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

Nearctic Region

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

• China (People's Republic)
• Indonesia
• Philippines
  • Mindanao

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

History of changes

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