Species Platynectes (Platynectes) magellanicus (Babington, 1841)

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Species Platynectes (Platynectes) magellanicus (Babington, 1841)

Colymbetes magellanicus Babington, C.C. 1841. Dytiscidae Darwinianae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London n.s. 3(1): 1-17 [10].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, Tierra del Fuego (obviously mislabelled see Guéorguiev (1972)).
Type locality references:
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.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, 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, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Western Australia: SW 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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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