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Species Diplonychus planus (Sulzer, 1776)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Groote Eylandt (new record), also Palaearctic Region—China, Oriental Region—Burma, India, Indonesia (Java, Maluka, Sumatra), Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, predator, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Maternal care.

 

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Australian Water Bugs. Their Biology and Identification (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Gerromorpha & Nepomorpha). Entomonographen Denmark : Apollo Books Vol. 14 344 pp.

Bahadur, J. 1968. The structure and development of the Malpighian tubes of an aquatic bug: Sphaerodema rusticum Linnaeus (Hemiptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 18: 239-247 [239]

Campbell, T.G. 1927. Water bugs. Australian Museum Magazine 3: 90-96 [93-94] (distribution)

Carver, M., Gross, G.F. & Woodward, T.E. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects, etc.) [with contributions by Cassis, G., Evans, J.W., Fletcher, M.J., Hill, L., Lansbury, I., Malipatil, M.B., Monteith, G.B., Moulds, M.S., Polhemus, J.T., Slater, J.A., Štys, P., Taylor, K.L., Weir, T.A. & Williams, D.J.]. pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. [487] (misidentification as Diplonychus rusticus)

Dufour, L. 1863. Essai monographique sur les Bélostomides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 3: 373-400 [399] (misidentification as Nervinops rusticus)

Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [333] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [276] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Fabricius, J.C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. 1. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. xx 330 pp. [62] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Fabricius, J.C. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard x 314 pp. emmendanda. [106] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Hemiptera. pp. 1520, 1523, 2041–2224 in, Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae. 13th Edn. Lipsiae : Beer Vol. 1(4). [2121] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Goeze, J.A. 1778. Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linne zwolften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Leipzig : Weidmanns Erben und Reich Vol. 11 lxxii 352 pp. [177] (description)

Hoffmann, W.E. 1926. The life history of Sphaerodema rusticus Fabr. (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Lingnan Agricultural Review 3: 167-176 (life history)

Hungerford, H.B. 1934. Concerning some aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera from Australia. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 29: 68-73 [70]

Latreille, P.A. 1817. Les Crutacés, nautrelles, ouvrage formant les tonenes 4 et 5 de celui de M. Baron Cuvier sur le régne animal. Paris : Deterville Vol. 2 xxiv 556 pp. 5 pls. (misidentification as Diplonychus rusticus)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [55] (list)

McKeown, K.C. 1933. Aquatic insects. Australian Museum Magazine 5: 14-21 [17]

McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [91, 93]

McKeown, K.C. 1943. Australian insects. XIX. Hemiptera—4. The bugs (Gelastocoridae-Corixidae). Australian Museum Magazine 8: 176-180 [178]

Pendergrast, J.G. 1957. Studies on the reproductive organs of the Heteroptera with a consideration of their bearing on classification. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 109: 1-63 [6, 36]

Polhemus, J.T. 1994. The identity and synonymy of the Belostomatidae (Heteroptera) of Johann Christian Fabricius 1775–1803. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96: 687-695 [690] (as Diplonychus plana (Sulzer), correct identification, nomenclature)

Presswalla, M.J. & George, C.J. 1936. The morphology of Sphaerodema rusticum Fabr. Journal of the University of Bombay 4: 29-67

Roemer, J.J. 1789. Genera Insectorum Linnei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata. Vitoduri : Steiner 86 pp. 37 pls. [79, pl. x fig. 2] (description)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [157] (description, distribution)

 

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