Species Limbodessus amabilis (Clark, 1862)

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Species Limbodessus amabilis (Clark, 1862)

Hydroporus amabilis 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] [420].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH (Clark coll.), Moreton Bay, QLD.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1♂ 3♀.
Subsequent designation references:
Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [50].

Generic Combinations

Limbodessus amabilis (Clark, 1862). —
Balke, M. & Ribera, I. 2004. Jumping across Wallace's line: Allodessus and Limbodessus revisited (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini) based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological data. Australian Journal of Entomology 43: 114-128 [124]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

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

SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator.

General References

Guignot, F. 1939. Contribution à l'étude des Bidessus. Bulletin de la Société d'études des Sciences naturelles de Vaucluse 10: 51-61 [54]

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)
03-Dec-2012		03-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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