Species Macrogyrus (Clarkogyrus) reichei (Aubé, 1838)

Museums

Museum list

Regional Maps

Species Macrogyrus (Clarkogyrus) reichei (Aubé, 1838)

Enhydrus reichei Aubé, C.N. 1838. Spécies général des hydrocanthares et gyrinites. In, Dejean, P.F.M.A. Spécies général des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Compte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. 6 ix 804 pp. [654].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP (Reiche coll.), Australia.
Type locality references:
Lacordaire, J.T. 1854. Histoire Naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères Tom. 1 Contenant les familles des Cicindélètes, Carabiques, Dytiscides, Gyrinides et Palpicornes. Paris : Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret xx 486 pp. [438].
Secondary source:
Ochs, G. 1949. A revision of the Australian Gyrinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 171-199 [184].
Enhydrus assimilis Clark, H. 1864. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part III. Journal of Entomology 2: 214-219 [217].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Ochs, G. 1949. A revision of the Australian Gyrinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 171-199 [184]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, 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

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, 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

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

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

Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory