Species Hyphydrus elegans (Montrouzier, 1860)
- Pachytes elegans 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 [245].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP (not located in 1982), Île d^'Art, New Caledonia. - Hyphydrus blanchardii Clark, H. 1862. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part I. Journal of Entomology 1: 399–421 [Sept. 1862] [404].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH (Clark coll.) ♀, VIC.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH.Subsequent designation references:
Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [24]. - Hyphydrus australis Clark, H. 1862. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part I. Journal of Entomology 1: 399–421 [Sept. 1862] [405].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Australia.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♀.Subsequent designation references:
Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [24]. - Hyphydrus caledoniae Clark, H. 1862. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part I. Journal of Entomology 1: 399–421 [Sept. 1862] [406].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, New Caledonia.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2 specimens.Subsequent designation references:
Biström, O. 1982. A revision of the genus Hyphydrus Illiger (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 165: 1-121 [20]. - Hyphydrus illigeri Perroud, B.P. & Montrouzier, X. 1865. Essai sur la faune entomologique de Kanala (Nouvelle-Calédonie) et description de quelques espèces nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2 11: 46-257 pl. 1 [Date published Feb. 1865] [75].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, unknown locality.Secondary source:
Biström, O. 1982. A revision of the genus Hyphydrus Illiger (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 165: 1-121 [19]. - Hydroporus bifasciatus Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [121].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens, Gayndah, QLD. - Hydroporus nitidicornis Broun, T. 1880. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Wellington : Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department Part 1 651 pp. [73].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 139, New Zealand.Subsequent designation references:
Biström, O. 1982. A revision of the genus Hyphydrus Illiger (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 165: 1-121 [20]. - Hyphydrus gibbicollis Régimbart, M. 1891. Haliplidae, Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae, in Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia Orientale. IV. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 10: 978-997 [986].
Type data:
Lectotype RIB ♂, Rigo, (60 km E of Port Moresby), PNG.
Paralectotype(s) RIB 5 specimens.Subsequent designation references:
Biström, O. 1982. A revision of the genus Hyphydrus Illiger (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 165: 1-121 [20].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Biström, O. 1982. A revision of the genus Hyphydrus Illiger (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 165: 1-121 [19]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), 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), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), 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), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, W plateau
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Vanuatu
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, predator.
History of changes
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| 22-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |