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Antiporus willyamsi

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Antiporus willyamsi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Antiporus
Species:
A. willyamsi
Binomial name
Antiporus willyamsi
Watts, 1997
Map
Holotype site (SAMA 25-000264)[1]

Antiporus willyamsi is a predaceous diving beetle in the family Antiporus, first described in 1997 by Chris H.S. Watts.[2][3]

It is found only in Australia, in the drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones of Victoria, and South Australia, with the type specimen collected in 1983[1] 10 km south of Robe, South Australia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b South Australian Museum (2019). "South Australian Museum Terrestrial Invertebrate Images. Occurrence: 1653483488". Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Species Antiporus willyamsi Watts, 1997". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
  3. ^ Chris H.S. Watts (1997). "Four new species of Antiporus Sharp (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from Australia, with notes on A. femoralis (Boh.) and A. interrogationis (Clark)". Records of the South Australian Museum. 30 (1): 35–42. ISSN 0376-2750. Wikidata Q126900733.