Species Sternopriscus tasmanicus Sharp, 1882

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• Sternopriscus tasmanicus Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society 2 2: 179-1003 [388].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, TAS.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, SE coastal
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria: SE coastal

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 [101] (revision, new records)

 

History of changes

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