Species Rhantaticus congestus (Klug, 1833)

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• Hydaticus congestus Klug, J.C.F. 1833. Bericht über eine auf Madagascar veranstaltete Sammlung von Insekten aus der Ordnung Coleoptera. Abhandlungen der Königliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalische Klasse) 1832(1): 91–223 pls i–v [136].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Malagasy.

  Secondary source:

   Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [149].
• Hydaticus signatipennis Castelnau, F.L. Laporte de 1835. Études Entomologiques, ou Description d'Insectes Nouveaux et Observations sur leur Synonomie. Première partie. Paris : Méquinon-Marvis 95-159 pp., pls 2-4. [95].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Senegal.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2 2: 179-1003 [691]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Asia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

• Madagascar

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf
  • Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, W plateau
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• India
• Indonesia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

 

History of changes

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