Species Tympanogaster (Plesiotympanogaster) thayerae Perkins, 2006

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• Tympanogaster (Plesiotympanogaster) thayerae 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 [174].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Tasmania, Liffey Forest Reserve at Liffey River [41°42'S 146°46'E].
  Paratype(s) MCZ 1♀, 1♂ (a few localities), Tasmania, Lady Barron Falls, Mt Field National Park, c. 2 km W of National Park [41°42'S 146°46'E].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from three closely spaced localities in Tasmania.

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: at river edge, flood debris, gallery forest, moss, rockface at fall, stream edge.

 

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 [174]

 

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)