Genus Hygrobia Latreille, 1804
- Hydrachna Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopol. Acad. Vol. 1 xxiv 506 pp. [225] [junior homonym of Hydrachna Müller, 1776].
Type species:
Dytiscus hermanni Fabricius, 1775 by monotypy. - Hygriobia Latreille, P.A. 1804. Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris Vol. 24. [139] [nom. nov. for Hydrachna Fabricius, 1775].
- Hygrobia Latreille, P.A. 1817. In, Nouveau Dictionnaire D'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Déterville Vol. 15. [500] [International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 280. Emmendation to Hygrobia of the generic name Hygriobia Latreille, 1804 (Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 6(12): 189–204 [191]].
Type species:
Dytiscus hermanni Fabricius, 1775 by monotypy.Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 280. Emmendation to Hygrobia of the generic name Hygriobia Latreille, 1804 (Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 6(12): 189-204.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 280. Emmendation to Hygrobia of the generic name Hygriobia Latreille, 1804 (Class Insecta, Order Coleoptera). Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 6(12): 189-204 [191]
Introduction
Australian species found to form a monophyletic group (Michat et al. 2014).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
West and central Europe.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Palaearctic Region
- Algeria
- Morocco
- Tunisia
Distribution References
- Britton, E.B. 1981. The Australian Hygrobiidae (Coleoptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 20(1): 83-86 [Date published 23 Feb. 1981] [83]
General References
Michat, M.C., Alarie, Y. & Hendrich, L. 2014. Description of the third instar of Hygrobia nigra (Clark, 1862) (Coleoptera: Paelobiidae), with a key for the identification of mature larvae of Hygrobia Latreille, 1804 and phylogenetic analysis. Zootaxa 3827(3): 318–330
History of changes
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| 07-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED |