Species Macrogyrus (Tribologyrus) australis (Brullé, 1835)

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Species Macrogyrus (Tribologyrus) australis (Brullé, 1835)

Enhydrus australis Brullé, A. 1835. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Coléoptères II. Paris : F.D. Pillot Vol. 5 436 pp. [237].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP (Brullé coll.), Îles de l'Océanie.
Secondary source:
Ochs, G. 1949. A revision of the Australian Gyrinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 171-199 [186].
Enhydrus oblongus 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. [653].
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 [186].
Macrogyrus canaliculatus 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] [450].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Australia (as Australie).
Macrogyrus simoni 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] [447 pl. 12 fig. 60].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, NSW (as Nouvelle-Galles du Sud).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Ochs, G. 1949. A revision of the Australian Gyrinidae. Records of the Australian Museum 22: 171-199 [186]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, 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

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), 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), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: SW 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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