Species Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) cornuta (Janssens, 1967)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Meropathus cornutus Janssens, E. 1967. Sur quelques Hydraenidae de la faune australe. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 43(11): 1-13 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype MVMA ♂ ([labels: 'in moss Below Upper Gellibrand Falls, Otway, RGS Vic. 11-2-1952, A.C.B. // Prep. Micr. No 661022.15 // T-5770 Holotype male // E. Janssens det. 1967 Meropathus cornutus n. sp.']), Victoria, Upper Gellibrand Falls, Otway Ranges [38°33'S 143°39'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) cornuta (Janssens, 1967).

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from two localities in the Otway Ranges.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: moss.

 

Diagnosis References

Perkins, P.D. 2006. A revision of the Australian humicolous hygropetric water beetle genus Tympanogaster Perkins, and comparative morphology of the Meropathina (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 1346: 1-396 [57]

 

History of changes

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01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
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