Species Regimbartia attenuata (Fabricius, 1801)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hydrophilus attenuatus Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopol. Acad. Vol. 1 xxiv 506 pp. [253].
• Volvulus aeneus Brullé, A. 1835. Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Coléoptères II. Paris : F.D. Pillot Vol. 5 436 pp. [283].
• Brachygaster metallescens Mulsant, M.E. 1853. Description de quelques espèces inédites de Palpicornes constituant un genre nouveau dans la branche des Bérosaires. pp. 173-180 in Mulsant, M.E. (ed.). Opuscules Entomologiques. Paris : Maison Vol. 2 viii 194 pp. 2 pls. [178].
• Brachygaster indicus Mulsant, M.E. 1853. Description de quelques espèces inédites de Palpicornes constituant un genre nouveau dans la branche des Bérosaires. pp. 173-180 in Mulsant, M.E. (ed.). Opuscules Entomologiques. Paris : Maison Vol. 2 viii 194 pp. 2 pls. [179].
• Volvulus profundus Sharp, D. 1873. The water-beetles of Japan. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873(1): 45-67 [Date published March 1873] [62].
• Volvulus scaphiformis Fairmaire, L. 1879. Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée Godeffroy. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 14: 80–114 [83].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hansen, M. 1999. Hydrophiloidea (s.str.) (Coleoptera). pp. 1-416 in Hansen, M. (ed.). World Catalogue of Insects. Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 2 416 pp. [97]

Generic Combinations

• Regimbartia attenuatus (Fabricius, 1801).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, swamp, volant.

Larva: aquatic.

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