Haliplus (Neohaliplus) gibbus Clark 1862:402
Type specimens
Lectotype male, designated by Watts (1988:26), in British Museum (Natural History). Type locality: Australia, South Australia, in the neighborhood of Moreton Bay, Bakewell.
Synonymy
None. Note, however, that Watts (19185:27) considered Haliplus gibbus Clark 1862:402 a junior synonym of Haliplus fuscatus Clark 1862:401.
Distribution
Australia: The wetter areas of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania.
Literature Cited
Clark, H.
- 1862. Catalogue of the Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae of Australasia, with descriptions of new species. J. Entomol. 1(6):399-421.
Watts, C. H. S.
- 1985. A faunal assessment of Australian Hydradephaga. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphis 137:22-28.
- 1988. Revision of Australian Haliplidae (Coleoptera). Rec. S. Australia Mus. (Adelaide) 22(1):21-28.
Zimmermann, A.
- 1920. Dytiscidae, Haliplidae, Hygrobiidae, Amphizoidae, 71:1-326. In Coleopterorum Catalogus. S. Schenkling, ed. W. Junk, Berlin.
- 1924. Die Halipliden der Welt. Entomol. Blatt. 20:1-16, 65-80, 129-144, 193-213.

Revised 3 May 1996
Warren U. Brigham
brigham@wub.igis.uiuc.edu