Species Limbodessus praelargus (Lea, 1899)

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• Bidessus praelargus Lea, A.M. 1899. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(4): 521-645 [Date published 19 May, 1899: dated 1898] [523].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Forest Reefs, NSW.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 3♀.

Generic Combinations

• Limbodessus praelargus (Lea, 1899). —
  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 [125]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Flinders (FLI), 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), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

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 [51] (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] [10]

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