Allodessus bistrigatus

Taxonavigation

Allodessus bistrigatus, body length about 3 mm

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Hydroporinae
Tribus: Bidessini
Genus: Allodessus
Species: Allodessus bistrigatus

Name

• Allodessus bistrigatus (Clark, 1862)
  • Original combination: Hydroporus bistrigatus
  • Combination: Bidessus bistrigatus
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Watts (1978: 46)
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: 'Australia'
  • Secondary types: paralectotypes (6)
    • Fixation: designated by Watts (1978: 46)
    • Description: 4 [adult] females, 2 [adult] males
    • Repository: BMNH

Synonyms

• Hydroporus luridus Macleay, 1871
• Bidessus pallidus Lea, 1899
• Bidessus granularis Balfour-Browne, 1944
  • new replacement name for Hydroporus luridus Macleay, 1871
• ?Liodessus oliveri Ordish, 1966
  • Authority for synonymy: Balke & Ribera, 2004: 123 ('This species is extremely similar to A. bistrigatus (see the description by Watts 1978; the description above). The only difference we could discerne is the slightly less curved median lobe in A. oliveri (Fig. 3i). We assume this species is a synonym of A. bistrigatus, but suggest studying sequence data from its type locality in relation to more sequence data from a wider range of Australian A. bistrigatus to resolve this problem')
  • Combination: Allodessus oliveri: Balke & Ribera, 2004: 123 ('n. comb.')
  • Primary type: holotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: MONZ, as 'DM'
  • Type locality: 'Kermadec Island'
  • Secondary type: allotype
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: [adult] female
    • Repository: CMNZ, as 'CM'
  • Secondary types: paratypes (6)
    • Fixation: designated
    • Description: 1 [adult] female, 5 [adult] males
    • Repository: CMNZ, as 'CM'

References

• Balfour-Browne, J. 1944: New names and new synonymies in the Dytiscidae (Col.) Annals and magazine of natural history (11), 6: 345–358. DOI: 10.1080/00222934408527440 [doi broken/unregistered, not seen]
• Balke, M.; Ribera, I. 2004: Jumping across Wallace's line: Allodessus Guignot and Limbodessus Guignot revisited (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini) based on molecular-phylogenetic and morphological data. Australian journal of entomology, 43(2): 114–128. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.2004.00415.x PDF PDF
• Clark, H. 1862: Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Journal of entomology, 1: 399–421. Internet Archive BHL
• Hancock, M.A.; Timms, B.V. 2002: Ecology of four turbid clay pans during a filling-drying cycle in the Paroo, semi-arid Australia. Hydrobiologia, 479: 95–107. DOI: 10.1023/A:1021022700201
• Lea, A.M. 1899: Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 23: 521–645.
• Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
• Macleay, W.J. 1871: Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales, 2: 79–205.
• Michat, M.C.; Alarie, Y.; Watts, C.H.S. 2011: Larval morphology of Allodessus Guignot (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic insects, 33(1): 27–40. DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2011.574228
• Ordish, R.G. 1966: A systematic revision of the New Zealand water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Records of the Dominion Museum 5(22): 217–264. Full article on BUGZ (PDF) Reference page. 
• Ordish, R.G. 1976: Water beetles of the Kermadec Islands (Dytiscidae and Hydrophilidae). New Zealand entomologist, 6(2): 155–156. PDF
• Pinder, A.M.; Halse, S.A.; Shiel, R.J.; McRae, J.M. 2000: Granite outcrop pools in south-western Australia: foci of diversification and refugia for aquatic invertebrates. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 83: 149–161. PDF
• Timms, B.V. 2001: A study of the Werewilka Inlet of the saline Lake Wyara, Australia – a harbour of biodiversity for a sea of simplicity. Hydrobiologia, 466: 245–254. PDF DOI: 10.1023/A:1014597131801
• Watts, C.H.S. 1978: A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, (57) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS057

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Species-ID