Species Sternopriscus montanus Watts, 1978

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Species Sternopriscus montanus Watts, 1978

Sternopriscus montanus Watts, C.H.S. 1978. A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 57: 1-166 [87 fig. 190].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂, Cradle Mountain, TAS.
Paratype(s) SAMA 18 specimens.

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: aquatic, predator.

Lentic freshwater.

General References

Hendrich, L. & Watts, C.H.S. 2004. Taxonomic revision of the Australian genus Sternopriscus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Ditiscidae: Hydroporinae). Entomologische Rundschau 74: 75-142 [98] (revision, new records)

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

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

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