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Data last updated
Thu 18 Dec 2025

species Virgus beccarianus (Tapparone Canefri, 1883): specimens

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Virgus beccarianus — Graf & Cummings (2007), Bogan (2010), Walker et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021), Sahidin et al. (2021)

Endemic to New Guinea.

specimens map of Virgus beccarianus

AMS_126468
Maro River, Boepol, West Irian

UMMZ_130242 British New Guinea	UMMZ_130242 British New Guinea	UMMZ_130242 British New Guinea
AMS_126464 Brown River, 35 mi from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 9°12’-18’S, 147°13’-18’E	AMS_126465 Brown River, near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea; 9°12’-22’S, 147°13’-18’E	BMNH_91-11-6-72-73 Fly River, British New Guinea
BMNH_91-11-6-72-73 Fly River, British New Guinea	BMNH_MP_D252 Fly River, British New Guinea	MCZ_190267 Fly River, Papua
AMS_126306 Fly River, Papua New Guinea	AMS_12006 Fly River, Papua New Guinea	AMS_127042 Fly River, Papua New Guinea
MCZ_221439 Kikori River, Middle Town, Papua	AMS_126467 Kikori River, Middle Town, Papua New Guinea, Stn. 61; 07°16’S, 144°12’E	AMS_126466 New Guinea
DMNH_51874 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	AMS_84515 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	BMNH_MP_405 Southern New Guinea
BMNH_MP_405 Southern New Guinea

BMNH_91-11-6-72-73B. Fly River, British New Guinea

There are no georeferenced Genbank vouchers for this species in the MUSSELpdb.