Species Rhantus suturalis (W.S. Macleay, 1825)
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Sumatra.- Rhantus morneri Falkenström, G. 1937. Zwei neue Rhantus aus Australien vi. (Coleopt). Entomologisk Tidskrift 58: 39-46 [44].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM, Tolga, QLD. - Colymbetes pulverosus Stephens, J.F. 1828. Illustrations of British Entomology; or a synopsis of indigenous insects containing their generic and specific distinctions...... Mandibulata. London : Baldwin & Craddock Vol. 2 1-112 pls 10-14. [69].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, England. - Rhantus australis Aubé, C.N. 1836. Hydrocanthares. In, Dejean, P.F.M.A., Boisduval, J.B.A.D. & Aubé, C.N. (eds). Iconographie et Histoire Naturelle des Coléoptères d'Europe. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. 5 xi 415 pp. [236].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).Secondary source:
Falkenström, G. 1937. Zwei neue Rhantus aus Australien vi. (Coleopt). Entomologisk Tidskrift 58: 39-46 [46] (location of type); Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [113]. - Colymbetes rufimanus White, A. 1846. Insects. 1-24 pls I-X in Richardson, J. & Gray, J.E. (eds). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror under the Command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839–43. London : E.W. Janson Vol. 2 139 pp. [6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH, New Zealand. - Colymbetes montrouzieri Montrouzier, P. 1860. Essai sur la faune entomologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (Balade) et des îles des Pins, Art, Lifui etc. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 3 8: 233-308 [243].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Balade, New Caledonia. - Rhantus dispar Régimbart, M. 1899. Revision des Dytiscidae de la région Indo-Sino-Malaise. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 68: 186-367 [308].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, Java.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Balke, M. 1993. Taxonomische Revision der pazifischen, australischen und indonesischen Arten der Gattung Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau. Wien 63: 39-84 [59]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital to Asia and Europe.
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
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: aquatic, lentic freshwater, predator.
General References
Balke, M. 1993. Taxonomische Revision der pazifischen, australischen und indonesischen Arten der Gattung Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau. Wien 63: 39-84 [59] (redescription, distribution)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2014 | DYTISCIDAE | 20-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 18-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED |