Species Sternhydrus atratus (Fabricius, 1801)

Museums

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• Dytiscus atratus Fabricius, J.C. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Kiliae : Bibliopol. Acad. Vol. 1 xxiv 506 pp. [259].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMK, Australia (as Oceani pacifici Insulis).
• Cybister goryi Aubé, C.N. 1838. Spécies général des hydrocanthares et gyrinites. In, Dejean, P.F.M.A. Spécies général des Coléoptères de la Collection de M. le Compte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis Vol. 6 ix 804 pp. [81].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP (not seen in 1978), Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [152].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [152]

 

Generic Combinations

• Sternhydrus atratus (Fabricius, 1801). —
  Brinck, P. 1945. Nomenklatorische und systematische Studien über Dytiscidien. III. Klassification der Cybisterinen. Kungliga Fysiografiska Sällskapets i Lund Förhandlinger 56(4): 1-20 [6] (changed combination as type species of the genus Sternhydrus)
• Homoeodytes atratus (Fabricius, 1801). —
  Watts, C.H.S. 1964. The larvae of Australian Cybister spp. Curt., Homoeodytes spp. Reg. and Hyderodes shuckardi Hope (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 88: 145-156 [154]
• Onychohydrus atratus (Fabricius, 1801).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

 

General References

Watts, C.H.S. 1964. The larvae of Australian Cybister spp. Curt., Homoeodytes spp. Reg. and Hyderodes shuckardi Hope (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 88: 145-156 [154] (larval description as Homoeodytes atratus)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
24-Dec-2020	Cybistrini	14-Dec-2020	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)