Genus Hyphydrus Illiger, 1802

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• Hyphydrus Illiger, J.C.W. 1802. Aufzählung der Käfergattungen nach der Zahl der Fussglieder. Magazin für Insektenkunde (Illiger) 1(3-4): 285-305 [299].

  Type species:

   Dytiscus gibbus Fabricius, 1776 (=Dytiscus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761) by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considération Générales sur l'Order Naturel des Animaux Composant les Classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes; avec un Tableau Méthodique de leurs Genres Disposés en Familles. Paris : F. Schoell viii 444 pp. [this work is the subject of Opinions 11 and 136, ICZN, and is on the Official List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature] [426].
• Pachytes Montrouzier, P. 1860. Essai sur la faune entomologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Balade) et des îles des Pins, Art, Lifui etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 8: 233-308 [244].

  Type species:

   Pachytes elegans Montrouzier, 1860 by monotypy.
• Actobaena Gistel, J. 1856. Die Mysterien der europaischen Insectenwelt. Kempten : T. Dannheimer. [355].

  Type species:

   Hyphydrus fabricii Cristofori, 1832 (=Dytiscus ovatus Linnaeus, 1761) by monotypy.
• Allophydrus Zimmermann, A. 1930. Monographie der paläarktischen Dytisciden, I. Noterinae, Laccophilinae, Hydroporinae (1. Teil). Koleopterologische Rundschau. Wien 16: 35-118 [65] [first introduced as a subgenus of Hyphydrus Illiger, 1802].

  Type species:

   Hyphydrus major Sharp, 1882 (=Hyphydrus grandis Castelnau, 1835) by subsequent designation, see Imperial Institute of Entomology 1931. XI. Insecta. 435 pp. in Sclater, W.L. (ed.). The Zoological Record ...... to the year 1930. London : Zoological Society of London Vol. 67. [176].
• Apriophorus Guignot, F. 1936. Mission scientifique de l'Omo 4(31). Coleoptera. 10. Haliplidae et Dytiscidae (1re partie). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 8: 1-76 [12] [first introduced as a subgenus of Hyphydrus Illiger, 1802].

  Type species:

   Hyphydrus lyratus Swartz, 1808 by original designation.
• Aulacodytes Guignot, F. 1936. Mission scientifique de l'Omo 4(31). Coleoptera. 10. Haliplidae et Dytiscidae (1re partie). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 8: 1-76 [12] [first introduced as a subgenus of Hyphydrus Illiger, 1802].

  Type species:

   Hyphydrus impressus Klug, 1833 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Nilsson, A.N. 2001. World Catalogue of Insects. Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 3 395 pp. [220]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Europe, Asia and Africa.

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), 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), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), 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), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), 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 Coastal Plain (SCP), 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), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), 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
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea
• Vanuatu

Oriental Region

• Indonesia

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

History of changes

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		30-Oct-2012	MODIFIED