Species Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) bakewelli (Clark, 1863)

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• Agabus bakewelli Clark, H. 1863. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Part II. Journal of Entomology 2: 14–23 [Jan. 1863] [19].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, SA.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [110].
• Platynectes obscurus Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2 2: 179-1003 [539].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [110]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

 

History of changes

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