Open AccessBoongurrus rivulus , a New Genus and Species of Water Beetle (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) from Northern Queensland, Australia
Author(s) -
LARSON D. J.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1994.tb01222.x
Subject(s) - biology , dytiscidae , woodland , ecology , genus , streams , computer network , computer science
Boongurrus rivulus gen. et sp.n. is described from tropical Queensland. Boongurrus is related to Liodessus Guignot, but is characterised by elongate shape, dense punctation and short apical segment of the paramere. B. rivulus is a predacious water beetle occurring in sand and gravel in headwater streams and springs in open eucalypt woodlands.