Discovery of the Australian diving beetle Neobidessodes mjobergi (Zimmermann, 1922) in New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae)

By

Surbakti, Suriani
Balke, Michael
Hendrich, Lars

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-4-7

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

17

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

633--636

Subjects

aquatic Coleoptera , Australian fauna , savanna and grassland region

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/17.2.633

 

Abstract

The diving beetle genus Neobidessodes Hendrich & Balke, 2009 contains 10 species. Nine of them were considered endemic to Australia, one of them to the Trans Fly Savanna and Grasslands Ecoregion of New Guinea island. Here, we provide the first report of one of the Australian species, Neobidessodes mjobergi (Zimmermann, 1922), from the same region of New Guinea. We suggest that more focused research will reveal the occurrence of far more Australian diving beetle species in that region of New Guinea.