Species Nerthra adspersa (Stål, 1863)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Matinus adspersus Stål, C. 1863. Verzeichniss der Mononychiden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7: 405-408 [407].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM, WA (as Australia occidentalis).

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SA—north of Wudinna, WA—Albany, Geraldton, Katanning, Klemscott, Point Peron, Quindalup, Swan River, Three Springs, Yallingup, Yanchep (SA new record)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, diurnal, predator.

 

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.

Cassis, G. & Silveira, R. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Nerthra alaticollis species-group (Heteroptera: Gelastocoridae: Nerthrinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 109(1): 1-46 [8] (redescription; phylogeny)

Montandon, A.L. 1900. Hemiptera Cryptocerata. s. fam. Mononychinae, Notes et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bullétin de la Société Scientifique Bucarest 8: 1-9 [5]

Nieser, N. 1977. Gelastocoridae in the Zoologisches Museum der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Heteroptera). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift ns 24: 293-303 [300] (list)

Stål, C. 1876. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 5. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 14(4): 1-162 [239] (list)

Todd, E.L. 1955. A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 37: 277-475 [434, pl. 13 fig. 122] (description)

Todd, E.L. 1957. Five new species of Gelastocoridae with comments on other species (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 59: 145-162 [162]

Todd, E.L. 1960. The Gelastocoridae of Australia (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 2: 171-194 [186, figs 16, 31] (description)

Todd, E.L. 1961. A checklist of the Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 461-476 [466] (list)

 

History of changes

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30-Nov-2012		30-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
20-Oct-2010		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
07-Oct-2010		07-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		24-May-2010	MODIFIED