Genus Rhantus Dejean, 1833

Museums

Regional Maps

• Rhantus Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon Marvis Vol. Livr. 1 & 2 livr. 1 pp. 1-96. livr. 2 pp. 97-176. [54] [International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 289. Acceptance of the type selection for the genus Rantus Dejean, 1833 (class Insecta, order Coleoptera) made by Hope in 1839 and emendation of the foregoing name to Rhantus. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 8: 73–88].

  Secondary source:

   International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 289. Acceptance of the type selection for the genus Rantus Dejean, 1833 (class Insecta, order Coleoptera) made by Hope in 1839 and emendation of the foregoing name to Rhantus. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 8: 73-88.
• Rantus Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des coléoptères de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon Marvis Vol. Livr. 1 & 2 livr. 1 pp. 1-96. livr. 2 pp. 97-176. [54].

  Type species:

   Colymbetes pulverosus Stephens, 1828 (=Colymbetes suturalis (Macleay, 1825)) by subsequent designation, see Hope, F.W. 1838. The Coleopterist's Manual, containing the predaceous and water beetles of Linneus and Fabricius. London : Henry G. Bohn Vol. 2 xvi 168 pp. 4 pls. [131].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1954. Opinion 289. Acceptance of the type selection for the genus Rantus Dejean, 1833 (class Insecta, order Coleoptera) made by Hope in 1839 and emendation of the foregoing name to Rhantus. Opinions and Declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 8: 73-88

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
  • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal
• New Caledonia
• New Zealand
• Papua New Guinea

Oriental Region

• Indonesia
  • Java
  • Sumatra
• Philippines

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		18-Feb-2013	MODIFIED