Species Petrovelia agilis Andersen & Weir, 2001

Museums

Regional Maps

• Petrovelia agilis Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2001. New genera of Veliidae (Hemiptera : Heteroptera) from Australia, with notes on the generic classification of the subfamily Microveliinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15(2): 217-258.

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Poineer R[iver] at Balnagowan Crossing, Queensland.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Wet tropics

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Ex billabongs or slow flowing rivers; either on water or resting on moist rocks and logs above water surface; adults and nymphs January, June-August, October-December

 

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.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
02-Mar-2017	MICROVELIINAE	09-Feb-2017	MODIFIED
05-Dec-2012		05-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
29-Sep-2010		29-Sep-2010	MOVED
		25-Sep-2010	ADDED