Antiporus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Hydroporinae
Tribus: Hydroporini
Genus: Antiporus
Species (15): A. bakewellii – A. blakeii – A. femoralis – A. gilbertii – A. hollingsworthi – A. interrogationis – A. jenniferae – A. kalbarriensis – A. mcraeae – A. occidentalis – A. pembertoni – A. simplex – A. uncifer – A. willyamsi – A. wilsoni
Name

Antiporus Sharp, 1882 [source: Sharp (1882: 410)]
Gender: masculine
Type species: Hydroporus femoralis Boheman, 1858, by subsequent designation by Guignot (1946: 115)

Antiporus blakeii

References

Alarie, Y.; Watts, C.H.S. 2004: Larvae of the genus Antiporus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and phylogenetic implications. Invertebrate systematics, 18: 523–546. DOI: 10.1071/IS03025
Balfour-Browne, J. 1944: New names and new synonymies in the Dytiscidae (Col.) Annals and magazine of natural history (11), 6: 345–358.
Brancucci, M. 1984: Notes on some species of the genus Antiporus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic insects, 6: 149–152. DOI: 10.1080/01650428409361178
Guignot, F. 1946: Génotypes des Dytiscoidea et des Gyrinoidea. Revue française d'entomologie, 13: 112–118. [not seen]
Hawlitschek, O.; Porch, N.; Hendrich, L.; Balke, M. 2011: Ecological niche modelling and nDNA sequencing support a new, morphologically cryptic beetle species unveiled by DNA barcoding. PLoS ONE, 6(2): e16662. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016662
Hendrich, L. 2001: A new species of Antiporus Sharp 1882 from peatland swamps of south-western Australia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge, 33: 299–308. PDF
Hendrich, L.; Watts, C.H.S. 2010: An endemic predaceous water beetle from the Murchison River in Western Australia—Antiporus kalbarriensis sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hydroporini). Zootaxa, 2338: 35–42. Preview
Sharp, D. 1882: On aquatic carnivorous Coleoptera or Dytiscidae. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2), 2: 179–1003, plates VII-XVIII. BHL Internet Archive
Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28.
Watts, C.H.S. 1978: A revision of the Australian Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Australian journal of zoology, supplementary series, (57) DOI: 10.1071/AJZS057
Watts, C.H.S. 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.
Watts, C.H.S. & Pinder, A.M. 2000: Two new species of Antiporus Sharp from Western Australia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Records of the South Australian Museum 33(1): 17-19. BHL Reference page.

Links

BHL bibliography
Catalogue of Life: 2021 Annual Checklist
Antiporus – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Antiporus.
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Species-ID

Antiporus is a genus of beetles in the family Dytiscidae, containing the following species:[1]

Antiporus bakewellii (Clark, 1862)
Antiporus blakeii (Clark, 1862)
Antiporus femoralis (Boheman, 1858)
Antiporus gilbertii (Clark, 1862)
Antiporus gottwaldi Hendrich, 2001
Antiporus hollingsworthi Watts, 1997
Antiporus interrogationis (Clark, 1862)
Antiporus jenniferae Watts, 1997
Antiporus mcraeae Watts & Pinder, 2000
Antiporus pembertoni Watts, 1997
Antiporus pennifoldae Watts & Pinder, 2000
Antiporus simplex Watts, 1978
Antiporus uncifer Sharp, 1882
Antiporus willyamsi Watts, 1997
Antiporus wilsoni Watts, 1978

References

Dytiscidae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 7 May 2012.