Tympanogaster

Tympanogaster er en slekt av biller som lever i og ved ferskvann og brakkvann.

Utseende 
Små, avlange, mørke palpebiller, gjerne med rødlige bein. Hodet er trapesformet. Fasettøynene er nokså store og sitter nær hodets bakkant. Antennene er knebøyde, jevnt utvidet mot spissen uten noen klart definert klubbe. Pronotum er hjerteformet med dype lengdefurer. Dekkvingene er litt rundede, beina middels lange.

Levevis 
Palpebillene lever i eller ved vann.

Utbredelse 
Slekten er utbredt i Australia.

Systematisk inndeling  

 Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
 Underordenen Polyphaga
 Overfamilien åtsel- og rovbiller, Staphylinoidea (litt usikker plassering)
 Familien palpebiller, Hydraenidae
 Underfamilien strandpalpebiller, Ochthebiinae
 Stammen Ochthebiini
 Understammen Meropathina
 Slekten Tympanogaster Janssens, 1967
 Underslekten Hygrotympanogaster Perkins, 2006
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) arcuata Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) atroargenta Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) barronensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) bondi Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) bryosa Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) buffalo Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) canobolas Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) cascadensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) clandestina Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) clypeata Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) coopracambra Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) cornuta (Janssens, 1967)  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) cudgee Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) decepta Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) duobifida Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) grampians Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) gushi Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) kuranda Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) macrognatha (Lea, 1926)  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) maureenae Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) megamorpha Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) merrijig Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) nargun Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) newtoni Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) novicia (Blackburn, 1896)  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) porchi Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) punctata Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) schizolabra (Deane, 1933)  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) spicerensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) storeyi Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) subcostata (Deane, 1933)  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) tabula Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) tallawarra Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) trilineata Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) truncata Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Hygrotympanogaster) wahroonga Perkins, 2006
 Underslekten Plesiotympanogaster Perkins, 2006
 Tympanogaster (Plesiotympanogaster) costata (Deane, 1933)  
 Tympanogaster (Plesiotympanogaster) thayerae Perkins, 2006
 Underslekten Topotympanogaster Perkins, 2006
 Tympanogaster (Topotympanogaster) crista Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Topotympanogaster) dorsa Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Topotympanogaster) finniganensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Topotympanogaster) intricata Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Topotympanogaster) juga Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Topotympanogaster) monteithi Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Topotympanogaster) parallela Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Topotympanogaster) summa Perkins, 2006
 Underslekten Tympanogaster (i snever forstand)
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) aldinga Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) amaroo Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) ambigua Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) bluensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) cardwellensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) cooloogatta Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) cunninghamensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) darlingtoni Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) deanei Perkins, 1979  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) dingabledinga Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) dorrigoensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) eungella Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) foveova Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) hypipamee Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) illawarra Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) jaechi Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) lamingtonensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) magarra Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) millaamillaa Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) modulatrix Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) moondarra Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) mysteriosa Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) obcordata (Deane, 1931)  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) ovipennis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) pagetae Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) perpendicula Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) plana Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) precariosa Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) protecta Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) ravenshoensis Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) robinae Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) serrata Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) tenax Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) tora Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) volata Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) wattsi Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) weiri Perkins, 2006  
 Tympanogaster (Tympanogaster) wooloomgabba Perkins, 2006

Referanser

Eksterne lenker 
 Atlas of Living Australia - Tympanogaster 
 Tympanogaster på GBIF 
 

Biller formelt beskrevet i 1967
Palpebiller
Fossile insekter
Australias insekter