Species Hydrovatus parallelus Sharp, 1882

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• Hydrovatus parallelus Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2 2: 179-1003 [330].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♀, Rockhampton, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1, Rockhampton, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [19].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Mitchell Plateau, 2 km NEbyE of Mt Tozer, Mt Webb National Park, Cooktown, Cairns and type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

 

General References

Biström, O. 1997. Taxonomic revision of the genus Hydrovatus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 19: 57-584 [325] (redescription, distribution)

 

History of changes

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