Species Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) macrognatha (Lea, 1926)

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Species Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) macrognatha (Lea, 1926)

Ochthebius macrognathus Lea, A.M. 1926. On some Australian Coleoptera collected by Charles Darwin during the Voyage of the "Beagle". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 74(2): 279-288 [279].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂ ([labels: Hobart. 91-88./2111/macrognathus Type Hobart (reversed)/type reversed)//Lectotype Ochthebius macrognathus Lea by P.D. Perkins// Aedeagus drawn by P.D. Perkins//DIGITAL IMAGE captured 2005 P.D. Perkins]; in very poor condition [labels: Hobart. 91-88./2111/macrognathus Type Hobart (reversed)/type (reversed)//Lectotype Ochthebius macrognathus Lea by P.D. Perkins// Aedeagus drawn by P.D. Perkins//DIGITAL IMAGE captured 2005 P.D. Perkins]), Tasmania, Hobart.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 3♀, Tasmania, Hobart.

Generic Combinations

Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) macrognatha (Lea, 1926).

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

A comparatively widely distributed Tympanogaster.

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

ACT, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), 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
- Australian Capital Territory
- Tasmania
- Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: algae feeder, on green algae, rainforest, rocks, splash zone of stream, splash zone of waterfall, wet sclerophyll forest.

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 [102]

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)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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