Species Necterosoma undecimlineatum (Babington, 1841)

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• Hydroporus undecimlineatus Babington, C.C. 1841. Dytiscidae Darwinianae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London n.s. 3(1): 1-17 [13].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Tierra del Fuego, (locality error, this genus does not occur in South America).
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [95].
• Hydroporus wollastonii Clark, H. 1862. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part I. Journal of Entomology 1: 399–421 [Sept. 1862] [416].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Hobart, TAS.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 8 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [95].
• Necterosoma flavicolle Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [125].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Gayndah, QLD; SAMA, Gayndah, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Zwick, P. 1979. Notes on the genus Necterosoma (Col. Dytiscidae), with description of N. susanna sp. n. from Australia. Aquatic Insects 1: 179-184 [179]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal, W plateau
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

 

General References

Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2 2: 179-1003 [415] (taxonomy)

 

History of changes

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