Species Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) multimaculatus Watts, 1978

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Species Platynectes (Gueorguievtes) multimaculatus Watts, 1978

Platynectes multimaculatus Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [109 fig. 231].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Marysville, VIC.
Paratype(s) BMNH 1 specimen; ANIC 1 specimen; MCZ 3 specimens.
Platynectes (Platynectes) darlingtoni Guéorguiev, V.B. 1972. Notes sur les Agabini (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). II. Révision des genres Platynectes Rég. et Colymbinectes Falk. Izvestiya na Zoologicheskiya Institut. Bulgarska Akademiya na Naukite 34: 33-62 [43] [preoccupied by Guéorguiev 1971a:172 - see Nilsson & Hájek (2020)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ ♂, Mt Wilson, NSW.
Paratype(s) MCZ 2♂, 8♀; IZASS ♂ ♀.
Secondary source:
Nilsson, A.N. & Hájek, J. 1 Jan 2020. A world catalogue of the family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Water Beetles. 1.I.2020. http://www.waterbeetles.eu/ [36].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Watts, C.H.S. 1985. A faunal assessment of the Australian Hydradephaga. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 137: 22-28 [25]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, 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, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, 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)
27-Nov-2020	ADEPHAGA	21-Oct-2020	MODIFIED	Max Beatson (AM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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