Allocotocerus yalumbaboothbyi

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Allocotocerus yalumbaboothbyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Staphyliniformia
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Allocotocerus
Species:
A. yalumbaboothbyi
Binomial name
Allocotocerus yalumbaboothbyi
Watts, 1998
Allocotocerus yalumbaboothbyi
Holotype site (SAMA 25-007769): Oenpelli, NT [1]

Allocotocerus yalumbaboothbyi is a species of water beetle in the family Hydrophilidae, first described by Chris H.S. Watts in 1998. [2] [3]

Both larvae and adults are aquatic. [2] The species is found in bodies of standing water, in the coastal zones of Western Australia and the Northern Territory. [2]

References

  1. "Occurrence 1653483540: Allocotocerus yalumbaboothbyi Watts, 1998 (holotype)".
  2. 1 2 3 "Australian Faunal Directory: Allocotocerus yalumbaboothbyi". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  3. Chris H.S. Watts (1998). "Revision of Australian Amphiops Erichson, Allocotocerus Kraatz and Regimbartia Zaitzev (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". Records of the South Australian Museum. 30 (2): 93–106 [104]. ISSN   0376-2750. Wikidata   Q113483570.