Species Macrogyrus (Australogyrus) rivularis (Clark, 1864)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Enhydrus rivularis Clark, H. 1864. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part III. Journal of Entomology 2: 214-219 [218].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (Clark coll.), VIC.
• Macrogyrus longipes Régimbart, M. 1883. Essai monographique de la famille des Gyrinidae. Pt 1. (continued). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 2: 401-458 [Date published 28/Feb/1883] [452].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH (Sharp coll.), Australia; MNHP (Wehncke, Oberthür, Fairmaire, Régimbart colls), Australia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ochs, G. 1949. A revision of the Australian Gyrinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 171-199 [183]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, on-surface swimmer, predator.

Larva: bottom-dweller, predator.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)