Species Macrogyrus (Orectomimus) paradoxus Régimbart, 1883

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Species Macrogyrus (Orectomimus) paradoxus Régimbart, 1883

Macrogyrus paradoxus 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] [455 pl. 12 fig. 64].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♀ (Oberthür coll.), Australia.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

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

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- Western Australia: N 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)

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