title: Description of a newTiporusWatts, 1985 from northern Queensland, Australia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae).
abstract: Tiporus queenslandicus sp. n. is described from NE Queensland. The new species is similar to T. undecimmaculatus (Clark, 1862) and T. giuliani (Watts, 1978) from the Northern Territory and north-western Australia but well characterized by its larger size, more elongate habitus, and form of median lobe and parameres. Tiporus queenslandicus sp. n. is a lotic species being collected from rest pools of intermittent creeks and rivers with a sandy bottom. Important species-defining characters (habitus, median lobe, paramere, protibia of male) are illustrated. Together with T. queenslandicus sp. n. the genus comprises now 13 species.
authors.affiliation: SNSB - Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstraße 21, D - 81247 München, Germany.. hendrich@zsm.mwn.de.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hendrich
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Balke
authors.forename: Chris H S
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Watts
mesh_terms: D063147:Animal Distribution; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D017753:Ecosystem; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size; D011793:Queensland
keywords: Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Tiporus, new species, lotic habitats, northern Australia