Species Rheumatometroides carpentaria (Polhemus & Polhemus, 1991)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stenobates carpentaria Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1991. Three new species of marine water-striders from the Australasian region, with notes on other species (Gerridae: Halobatinae, Trepobatinae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 39: 1-13 [5].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂, Groote Eyl[andt], NT.
  Paratype(s) ZMUC 3♂ 5♀ specimens; USNM; CPOLH.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic.

 

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.

Polhemus, J.T. & Polhemus, D.A. 1996. The Trepobatinae (Heteroptera: Gerridae) of New Guinea and surrounding regions, with a review of the world fauna. Part 4. Tribe Stenobatini. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 27(279-346) [535] (new combination as Rheumatometroides carpentaria)

 

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