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Genus Spercheus Kugelann, 1798

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Genus Spercheus Kugelann, 1798

  • Spercheus Kugelann, J.G. 1798. Diagnoses of Spercheus n. spp. 241 in Illiger, J.C.W. Verzeichniss der Käfer Preussens. Entworfen von Johann Gottlieb Kugelann. Halle : Gerbauer xli 510 pp. [241].
  • Sperchaeus Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Paris : F. Dufart Vol. 3 xii 13+467 pp. [137] [incorrect subsequent spelling].
  • Sperchus Schlosser Klekovski, J.C. 1877. Fauna Kornjasah Trojedne Kraljevine. [Coleopteran Fauna of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia]. Zagreb : L. Hartman pp. I-II 1-342 [106] [incorrect subsequent spelling].

 

Distribution

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory: Murray-Darling basin
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
    • Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
    • Western Australia: N coastal
  • Indonesia
    • Sulawesi (Celebes)
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Tonga

Neotropical Region

Oriental Region

  • Indonesia
    • Java

Palaearctic Region

Distribution References

  • Hansen, M. 1999. Hydrophiloidea (s.str.) (Coleoptera). pp. 1-416 in Hansen, M. (ed.). World Catalogue of Insects. Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 2 416 pp. [65]