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<taxonomicName LSID="B84ABC60-4565-51D5-B4E5-353AA81ED1D0" authority="(Carter, 1926)" baseAuthorityName="Carter" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara leai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leai">Ovolara leai (Carter, 1926)</taxonomicName>
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<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 112" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 12. Geographical distribution of species records 1 Australara glaisteri gen. nov., sp. nov. 2 Hydora laticeps 3 Ovolara australis 4 Ovolara lawrencei sp. nov. 5 Ovolara leai 6 Ovolara monteithi sp. nov. 7 Potamophilinus papuanus 8 Stetholus carinatus sp. nov. 9 Stetholus elongatus 10 Stetholus longipennis sp. nov. 11 Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov. 12 Stetholus woronora sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures1-12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615728" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Figs 5</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 28, 29" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 28, 29. Ovolara leai, male 28 habitus, 3.4 mm long A dorsal B ventral 29 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures28-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615738" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">, 28</figureCitation>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 28, 29" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 28, 29. Ovolara leai, male 28 habitus, 3.4 mm long A dorsal B ventral 29 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures28-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615738" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">, 29</figureCitation>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Type locality.</paragraph>
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Cairns District;
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,
<geoCoordinate degrees="145.7500" direction="east" orientation="longitude" precision="5" value="145.75">145.7500°E</geoCoordinate>
; north Queensland, Australia (holotype deposited in the South Australia Museum, Adelaide). Note: The geographic coordinates given in the SAMA database place the type locality, &quot;Cairns District,&quot; in the middle of Cairns.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Material examined</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">(78).</emphasis>
<collectingCountry name="Australia">AUSTRALIA</collectingCountry>
: no. QLD / Freshwater, Freshwater / Cr. at Ryan Weare Park /
<geoCoordinate degrees="16" direction="south" minutes="53" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="-16.886944">
16°53
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S
</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate degrees="145" direction="east" minutes="42" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="05" value="145.70139">
145°42
<normalizedToken originalValue="05”">'05&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
/
<date value="2001-01-18">18-I-2001</date>
, coll. C.B. Barr (3&gt;AM, 21 EMEC);
<collectingCountry name="Australia">AUSTRALIA</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion country="Australia" name="Queensland">Queensland</collectingRegion>
/ Freshwater /
<date value="2001-01-18">18 I 2001</date>
/ Freshwater Creek / S
<geoCoordinate degrees="16" direction="east" minutes="53" orientation="longitude" precision="15" seconds="13" value="16.886944">16°53'13&quot; E</geoCoordinate>
145°42'05&quot; (WDS-A-1370 on reverse) // William D. / Shepard, leg. (3 EMEC);
<collectingCountry name="Australia">AUSTRALIA</collectingCountry>
: no. QLD / Mulgrave River at Hwy. 1 / 1 rd. km. S of Gordonvale /
<geoCoordinate degrees="17" direction="south" minutes="06" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="10" value="-17.102777">
17°06
<normalizedToken originalValue="10”">'10&quot;</normalizedToken>
S
</geoCoordinate>
,
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145°47
<normalizedToken originalValue="15”">'15&quot;</normalizedToken>
E
</geoCoordinate>
/
<date value="2001-01-18">18-I-2001</date>
, coll. C. B. Barr (3&gt;AM, 21 EMEC);
<collectingCountry name="Australia">AUSTRALIA</collectingCountry>
:
<collectingRegion country="Australia" name="Queensland">Queensland</collectingRegion>
/
<quantity metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" unit="km" value="1.0">1 km</quantity>
S Gordonvale,
<date value="2001-01-18">18 I 2001</date>
<quantity metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.86512" unit="ft" value="94.0">94 ft</quantity>
/ Mulgrave River / (WDS-A-1371 on reverse) // William D. / Shepard, leg. (4 ANIC, 8 EMEC); QLD. Gordonvale /
<date value="1946-04">Apr. 1946</date>
/ J.G.Brooks // J. G. Brooks / Bequest, 1976 (1 ANIC); same data as for preceding // Genitalia prep. / HO-
<specimenCount type="female">277 ♀</specimenCount>
/ A.Calder 1997 (1 ANIC); Mulgrave River, QLD / at Goldsborough /
<date value="1965-01-02">2 Jan. 1965</date>
/ J.G.Brooks (Q 148) (1 ANIC); Crystal Cascades / Cairns, N.Qld. /
<date value="1963-12-30">30.xii.1963</date>
. / G. Monteith (6 QM); Stewarts Ck. / Daintree N.Q. / 24.9.67. J.G.B. // J. G. Brooks / Bequest, 1976 (1 ANIC); same data as for preceding / 24.ix.67 Q356 / J.G.Brooks. // J. G. Brooks / Bequest, 1976 //
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sp / (needle) / det. A.Calder 1997 (1 ANIC); same data as for preceding // Genitalia prep. / HO-
<specimenCount type="female">311 ♀</specimenCount>
/ A.Calder 1999 //
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1889" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Hydrethus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrethus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Hydrethus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Hydrethus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrethus australis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Hydrethus australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
/ E.B. Britton det. 1972 (1 ANIC; gold coated for SEM); Upper Daintree R. / Via Daintree, N.Qld. /
<date value="1964-12-27">27.xii.1964</date>
. / G. Monteith (5 QM).
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Differential diagnosis</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">(n = 78).</emphasis>
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Carter" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara leai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara leai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs
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,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 28, 29" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 28, 29. Ovolara leai, male 28 habitus, 3.4 mm long A dorsal B ventral 29 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures28-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615738" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">29</figureCitation>
) can be distinguished from other species of
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="1981" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Figs
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 23, 24" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 23, 24. Ovolara australis, male 23 habitus, 4.1 mm long A dorsal B ventral 24 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures23-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615735" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">23</figureCitation>
-
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 25, 26" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 25, 26. Ovolara lawrencei sp. nov., male 25 habitus, 3.0 mm long A dorsal B ventral 26 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures25-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615736" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">26</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 30, 31" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 30, 31. Ovolara monteithi sp. nov. 30 female habitus, 3.6 mm long A dorsal B ventral 31 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures30-31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615739" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">30</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 30, 31" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 30, 31. Ovolara monteithi sp. nov. 30 female habitus, 3.6 mm long A dorsal B ventral 31 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures30-31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615739" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">31</figureCitation>
) by a combination of the following characters: Antennae clavate, elongate; pronotum mostly smooth, unsculptured, with base only weakly protuberant between prescutellar foveae, if at all; pronotal basal sublateral carinae as long as or longer than the scutellar shield; elytron each with a very short, accessory basal stria of 1-3 punctures between striae 1 and 2, rarely obscure; apical elytral punctures smaller and shallower than those more basal; and the aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 28, 29" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 28, 29. Ovolara leai, male 28 habitus, 3.4 mm long A dorsal B ventral 29 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures28-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615738" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">29</figureCitation>
) with a penis that is abruptly constricted at the middle, and paramere apices that are rounded, each bearing an inner tooth.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="King" baseAuthorityYear="1865" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara australis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 23, 24" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 23, 24. Ovolara australis, male 23 habitus, 4.1 mm long A dorsal B ventral 24 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures23-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615735" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">23</figureCitation>
) has an antenna with a stout, moderately tight, ovoid club; a sculptured pronotum with a distinct longitudinal sulcus and costa; and an aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 23, 24" captionStartId="F8" captionText="Figures 23, 24. Ovolara australis, male 23 habitus, 4.1 mm long A dorsal B ventral 24 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures23-24" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615735" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">24</figureCitation>
) with the penis abruptly constricted at the apex and the adjacent paramere apices rounded.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Barr &amp; Shepard" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara lawrencei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lawrencei">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara lawrencei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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) has a pronotum with the basal margin triangularly protuberant between the prescutellar foveae; pronotal basal sublateral carinae generally shorter than the length of the scutellar shield; no elytral accessory basal striae; elytral punctures large and deep from base to apex; and unique aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 25, 26" captionStartId="F9" captionText="Figures 25, 26. Ovolara lawrencei sp. nov., male 25 habitus, 3.0 mm long A dorsal B ventral 26 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures25-26" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615736" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">26</figureCitation>
) with the paramere inner margins linear and clasping the apical 1/3 of the tapered, narrow penis.
<taxonomicName authorityName="Barr &amp; Shepard" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara monteithi" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="monteithi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara monteithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Fig.
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) has the pronotal base flat; apical elytral punctures large and deep; and the aedeagus (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 30, 31" captionStartId="F12" captionText="Figures 30, 31. Ovolara monteithi sp. nov. 30 female habitus, 3.6 mm long A dorsal B ventral 31 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures30-31" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615739" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">31</figureCitation>
) with the penis lateral margins evenly convergent to an acute apex. All species, except for
<taxonomicName lsidName="O. australis" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">O. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, are fairly similar externally, and the above characters are somewhat variable and overlapping. Fortunately the male genitalia (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 28, 29" captionStartId="F11" captionText="Figures 28, 29. Ovolara leai, male 28 habitus, 3.4 mm long A dorsal B ventral 29 male genitalia A dorsal view B lateral view C ventral view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures28-29" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615738" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">29</figureCitation>
) are distinctive and diagnostic.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="variation">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Variation.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Very little morphological variation was noted except for differences in the number punctures in the elytral accessory stria (1-3, rarely obscure), which sometimes varies between elytra on the same individual. Small differences in the length of the pronotal sublateral carinae were also observed. Measured specimens vary in size from 3.1-3.5 mm long and 1.4-1.5 mm wide (n = 18). The females are slightly larger than the males: females 3.3-3.5 mm long, 1.4-1.5 mm wide (n = 7); males 3.1-3.4 mm long, 1.4-1.5 mm wide (n = 11).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Carter" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara leai" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara leai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in north Queensland, Australia (Fig.
<figureCitation captionStart="Figures 112" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figures 1 - 12. Geographical distribution of species records 1 Australara glaisteri gen. nov., sp. nov. 2 Hydora laticeps 3 Ovolara australis 4 Ovolara lawrencei sp. nov. 5 Ovolara leai 6 Ovolara monteithi sp. nov. 7 Potamophilinus papuanus 8 Stetholus carinatus sp. nov. 9 Stetholus elongatus 10 Stetholus longipennis sp. nov. 11 Stetholus metatibialis sp. nov. 12 Stetholus woronora sp. nov." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1073.71843.figures1-12" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/615728" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Habitat.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
The authors collected this species from only two localities: Freshwater Creek at Freshwater, a large, sand-bottomed stream at an elevation of 5 m; and the Mulgrave River just south of Gordonvale, a wide, sand-bottomed river at 9 m. In both, the water was warm and clear, and the current swift. In the Mulgrave River,
<taxonomicName lsidName="O. leai" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="leai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">O. leai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was collected from wood in rapids formed by log jams. Specimens from the QM collected by Monteith were most likely from lights (G. Monteith, in litt.).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="associated byrrhoid taxa">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Associated byrrhoid taxa.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<taxonomicName authorityName="Curtis" authorityYear="1830" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Elmidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName authorityName="LeConte" authorityYear="1861" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Larainae">Larainae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName authorityName="Barr &amp; Shepard" authorityYear="2021" family="Elmidae" genus="Australara" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Australara glaisteri" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="glaisteri">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Australara glaisteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Barr &amp; Shepard" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara lawrencei" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lawrencei">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara lawrencei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName lsidName="O. monteithi" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="monteithi">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">O. monteithi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Sato" authorityYear="1973" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Potamophilinus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Potamophilinus papuanus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="papuanus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Potamophilinus papuanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Barr &amp; Shepard" authorityYear="2021" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Stetholus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Stetholus longipennis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longipennis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Stetholus longipennis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sp. nov.;
<taxonomicName authorityName="Curtis" authorityYear="1830" lsidName="" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Elminae">Elminae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName authorityName="Carter &amp; Zeck" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Austrolimnius" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Austrolimnius" order="Diptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Austrolimnius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.,
<taxonomicName baseAuthorityName="Carter" baseAuthorityYear="1926" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Graphelmis" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Graphelmis pallidipes" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pallidipes">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Graphelmis pallidipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Carter &amp; Zeck" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Kingolus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Kingolus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Kingolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Carter &amp; Zeck" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Notriolus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Notriolus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Notriolus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.,
<taxonomicName authorityName="Carter &amp; Zeck" authorityYear="1929" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Simsonia" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Simsonia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Simsonia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp.
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Psephenidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Psephenidae</taxonomicName>
:
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Psephenidae" genus="Sclerocyphon" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Sclerocyphon basicollis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="basicollis">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Sclerocyphon basicollis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName lsidName="S. minimus" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="minimus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">S. minimus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Davis.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="55" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="55">
<bibRefCitation author="Carter, HJ" journalOrPublisher="The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" pagination="59 - 71" refId="B5" refString="Carter, HJ, 1926. Revision of the Australasian species of Anilara (Fam. Buprestidae) and Helmis (Fam. Dryopidae), with notes, and descriptions of other Australian Coleoptera. The Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51 (2): 59 - 71" title="Revision of the Australasian species of Anilara (Fam. Buprestidae) and Helmis (Fam. Dryopidae), with notes, and descriptions of other Australian Coleoptera." volume="51" year="1926">Carter (1926)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName lsidName="O. leai" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="leai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">O. leai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<taxonomicName authorityName="Fairmaire" authorityYear="1889" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Hydrethus" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Hydrethus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Hydrethus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Fairmaire, 1889; it was moved to
<taxonomicName authorityName="Brown" authorityYear="1981" class="Insecta" family="Elmidae" genus="Ovolara" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ovolara" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">Ovolara</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation author="Brown, HP" journalOrPublisher="The Pan-Pacific Entomologist" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" pagination="76 - 104" refId="B3" refString="Brown, HP, 1981. Key to the world genera of Larinae (Coleoptera, Dryopoidea, Elmidae), with descriptions of new genera from Hispaniola, Colombia, Australia, and New Guinea. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 57 (1): 76 - 104" title="Key to the world genera of Larinae (Coleoptera, Dryopoidea, Elmidae), with descriptions of new genera from Hispaniola, Colombia, Australia, and New Guinea." volume="57" year="1981">Brown (1981)</bibRefCitation>
. The geographic coordinates for the type locality, &quot;Cairns District,&quot; listed in the SAMA database, place it in the middle of Cairns. The authors collected
<taxonomicName lsidName="O. leai" pageId="0" pageNumber="55" rank="species" species="leai">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="55">O. leai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Freshwater Creek only ~ 6 km northwest of Cairns.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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