Exocelina australiae

Taxonavigation

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: Copelatinae
Genus: Exocelina
Species: Exocelina australiae

Name

Exocelina australiae (Clark, 1863)

Synonyms

• Copelatus australiae Clark, 1863
  • Papuadytes australiae (Clark, 1863) Nilsson & Fery, 2006: 56 (N.COMB.)
  • Exocelina australiae (Clark, 1863) Nilsson, 2007: 33
• Copelatus acuductus Clark, 1863 [Watts, 1978: 128 (Syn. nov.)]
• Copelatus extensus Sharp, 1882 [Watts, 1978: 128 (Syn. nov.)]
• Copelatus nigritulus Sharp, 1882 [Watts, 1978: 128 (Syn. nov.)]
• Copelatus tarsalis Balfour-Browne, 1939 [Watts, 1978: 128 (Syn. nov.)]

Type data

• acuductus Clark: Lectotype, designated by Watts (1978: 128): BMNH
• australiae Clark: Lectotype, designated by Watts (1978: 128): BMNH
• extensus Sharp:
• nigritulus Sharp: Lectotype, designated by Watts (1978: 128): BMNH
• tarsalis Balfour-Browne:

References

cited sources

• Balfour-Browne, J. 1939: On Copelatus Er. and Leiopterus Steph. (Col. Dytiscidae) with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 88: 57–88.
• Clark, H. 1863: Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia with descriptions of new species. Journal of entomology, 2: 14–23. Internet Archive Biodiversity Heritage Library
• Nilsson, A.N. 2007: Exocelina Broun, 1886, is the valid name of Papuadytes Balke, 1998. Latissimus, 23: 33–34. ISSN: 0966-2235
• Nilsson, A.N.; Fery, H. 2006: World Catalogue of Dytiscidae – corrections and additions, 3 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische rundschau, 76: 55–74. ISSN: 0075-6547
• Sharp, D. 1882. On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society, Series 2, 2: 179–1003. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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 (as Copelatus australiae)