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Water Beetle Hyphydrus lyratus Swartz, 1808

Fauna Portal species: 11044
Family: Dytiscidae



Diagnosis

An oval shaped orange beetle with distinctive black markings on the elytra.

Australia

  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales
  • Northern Territory
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia

Distribution

Australia wide.


Fauna Portal Records

The map shows all records that have been verified as part of the Fauna Portal project and may not represent the true distribution of a species. Specifically, for described species, check the link to the Atlas of Living Australia on this page for potential wider distributions. Fauna Portal Reference specimens and Linnean types are shown in red. If you identified a specimen that exceeds the distribution of an undescribed species as illustrated here, please contact the Fauna Portal team who can assist with the lodgement of the specimen in a public institution and display on the map.


Publications

Biström, O., Hendrich, L. & Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. (1997): A new Hyphydrus species from Indonesia with a list of and a key to the Oriental and Australasian species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 45: 305 - 313


Volker Framenau, 01 August 2021
Farhan Bokhari, 07 February 2024