Species Limbodessus compactus (Clark, 1862)
- Hydroporus compactus 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] [421].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, Adelaide, SA.
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 [44]. - Bidessus neoguineensis Régimbart, M. 1892. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia Orientale IV. Haliplidae, Dytiscidae et Gyrinidae. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 10: 978-997 [Date published 20/Jul/1892] [990].
Type data:
Lectotype MCG ♂, Rigo, (60 km E of Port Moresby), PNG.
Paralectotype(s) MCG 2, Rigo, (60 km E of Port Moresby), PNG; MCG, Rigo, (60 km E of Port Moresby), PNG; MCG, Waicunina, Papua-New Guinea.Subsequent designation references:
Balke, M. & Satô, M. 1995. Limbodessus compactus (Clark): a widespread Austro-Oriental species, as revealed by its synonymy with two other species of Bidessini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 17(3): 187-192 [188]. - Uvarus tokarensis Satô, M. 1972. New dytiscid beetles from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 45(1): 49-59 [Date published Mar/1972] [53].
Type data:
Holotype MSCJ ♂, Nakano-shima Is., Ryukyu Islands. - Bidessus noteroides Régimbart, M. 1899. Revision des Dytiscidae de la région Indo-Sino-Malaise. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 68: 186-367 [223].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH ♀, Java.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Balke, M. & Satô, M. 1995. Limbodessus compactus (Clark): a widespread Austro-Oriental species, as revealed by its synonymy with two other species of Bidessini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 17(3): 187-192 [188]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Also Ryukyus Is, Java and New Guinea.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Victoria
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: aquatic, predator.
General References
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
Balke, M. & Satô, M. 1995. Limbodessus compactus (Clark): a widespread Austro-Oriental species, as revealed by its synonymy with two other species of Bidessini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 17(3): 187-192
Guignot, F. 1939. Contribution à l'étude des Bidessus. Bulletin de la Société d'études des Sciences naturelles de Vaucluse 10: 51-61 [54] (taxonomy)
Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [44] (taxonomy)
Watts, C.H.S. & Leys, R. 2005. Review of the epigean species of Australian Limbodessus Guignot (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 129(1): 1-13 [Date published 30 May 2005]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Dec-2012 | 03-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |