Species Gymnanthelius cupreus (Deane, 1937)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ochthebius cupreus Deane, C. 1937. [Descriptions of two new species of beetles.]. pp. 56-59 in Melhuish, C.A. & Deane, C. Victorian cave pools. Victorian Naturalist 54(4): 56-59 [58].

  Type data:

   Holotype UQIC ♂, Queensland, Tamborine [27.56S–153.12E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Gymnanthelius cupreus (Deane, 1937).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Tamborine.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: algae feeder, aquatic, lentic freshwater.

Sand and gravel.

 

Diagnosis References

Perkins, P.D. 2004. A revision of the Australian endemic water beetle genus Gymnanthelius Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae). Zootaxa 585: 1-39 [10]

 

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)