Barretthydrus

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Barretthydrus
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Barretthydrus tibialis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Barretthydrus
Lea, 1927

Barretthydrus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, first described in 1927 by Arthur Mills Lea. [1] [2] The type species is Barretthydrus geminatus . [1]

The genus is endemic to Australia, where it is found in New South Wales in the drainage basins of the Murray-Darling, and in coastal drainage basins, [1] along the east coast from Queensland to Victoria. [3]

The genus contains the following species: [1] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Genus Barretthydrus Lea, 1927". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  2. ↑ Lea, A.M. 1927. On a new genus of water beetles (Dytiscidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide)3: 279-281 [279].
  3. ↑ "Barretthydrus Lea, 1927". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  4. ↑ Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.
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