Species Leiodytes migrator (Sharp, 1882)

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Species Leiodytes migrator (Sharp, 1882)

Bidessus migrator Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2 2: 179-1003 [345].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Rockhampton, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 2 specimens.
Subsequent designation references:
Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [34].
Bidessus loriae Régimbart, 1892.
Secondary source:
Hendrich, L., Wang, L.J. & Balke, M. 2021. Taxonomic revision of Australasian diving beetles in the genus Leiodytes Guignot, 1936 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini). Zootaxa 4990: 23-44 [26] (synonymy).

Generic Combinations

Leiodytes migrator (Sharp, 1882). —
Hendrich, L., Wang, L.J. & Balke, M. 2021. Taxonomic revision of Australasian diving beetles in the genus Leiodytes Guignot, 1936 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini). Zootaxa 4990: 23-44 [26]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

General References

Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [34] (taxonomy)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-Feb-2022	Bidessini	10-Sep-2021	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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