Species Tympanogaster (Plesiotympanogaster) costata (Deane, 1933)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ochthebius costatus Deane, C. 1933. Australian Hydrophilidae—Notes and new species. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 46(1): 20-27 [21].

  Type data:

   Holotype UQIC ♀ ([labels: 'TYPE // Nat Park Tas. 1929 R. Blackwood // spermatheca drawn by P.D. Perkins // DIGITAL IMAGE captured 2005 P.D. Perkins // Ochthebius costatus Deane Det. C.Deane']), Tasmania, National Park.

 

Generic Combinations

• Tympanogaster (Plesiotympanogaster) costata (Deane, 1933).

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from Mount Field National Park.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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: algae feeder, aquatic, freshwater.

 

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 [173]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jul-2020		21-Dec-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)