Species Aphanocephalus potamophilus Lea, 1921

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• Aphanocephalus potamophilus Lea, A.M. 1921. Descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part XVII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46(3): 351-369 [Date published November 2, 1921] [369].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA 25-036254 ("Four specimens are mounted on a single card, the second specimen from the left with “TY” handwritten beneath it, is here designated as the lectotype, the remaining three specimens are paralectotypes." (Szawaryn, 2025)), Upper Ord River, N. W. Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 25-50369 5, Upper Ord River, N. W. Australia; QMBA 2, Upper Ord River, N. W. Australia; NMV T.13455, Upper Ord River.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Szawaryn, K. 2025. Revision of the Australian species of Aphanocephalus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Discolomatidae). Zootaxa 5632(3): 401-440 [Date published 08 May 2025] [429].
• Aphanocephalus potamophilus John, H. 1954. Neue Notiophygidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 3(8): 297-313 [304] [junior homonym].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NHM-UK ♂, Upper Ord River, Australia.
  Paralectotype(s) NHM-UK ♀, Upper Ord River, Australia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Szawaryn, K. 2025. Revision of the Australian species of Aphanocephalus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Discolomatidae). Zootaxa 5632(3): 401-440 [Date published 08 May 2025] [429].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Szawaryn, K. 2025. Revision of the Australian species of Aphanocephalus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Discolomatidae). Zootaxa 5632(3): 401-440 [Date published 08 May 2025] [429]

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Queensland, Western Australia

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Qld, WA: Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

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