History of changes

• Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy, G.W. 1898. Note sopra alcuni rincoti acquatici africani del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2 39: 144-145 [144] [first introduced as a subgenus of Corixa Geoffroy, 1762].

  Type species:

   Corixa (Agraptocorixa) gestroi Kirkaldy, 1898 by original designation.
• Porocorixa Hale, H.M. 1922. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera, No. I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 309-330 [318] [first introduced as a subgenus of Corixa Geoffroy, 1762].

  Type species:

   Corixa eurynome Kirkaldy, 1897 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Lundblad, O. 1929. Die australischen Arten der Gattung Agraptocorixa. Arkiv för Zoologi 20: 1-19 2 pls [2]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Oriental Region—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Melanesia—Papua New Guinea.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Mulga Lands (ML), Stony Plains (STP)

Distribution References

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.

Hungerford, H.B. 1948. The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 32: 1-827 [137] (type genus)

Jaczewski, T. 1937. Allgemeine Züge der geographischen Verbreitung der Wasserhemipteren. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 31: 565-591 [584, 587, 589] (taxonomy)

Poisson, R. 1951. Ordre des Hétéroptères. (Heteroptera Latreille, 1810—Frontirostres Fallén, 1814). pp. 1657-1803 in Grassé, P.P. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie: Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Insectes supérieurs et Hémiptéroides. Paris : Masson & Cie Vol. 10. [1753] (list)

History of changes

• Corixa eurynome Kirkaldy, G.W. 1897. Aquatic Rhynchota: descriptions and notes. No. 1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 20: 52-60 [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide, SA.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Townsville, NSW—Clarence River, Mittagong, VIC—Mallee, Plenty River, SA—Adelaide, Blakiston, Bordertown, Murray River, also Melanesia—Indonesia (Irian Jaya).

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

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

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.

Hale, H.M. 1922. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera, No. I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 309-330 [318] (as Corixa (Paracorixa) eurynome)

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

Hungerford, H.B. 1948. The Corixidae of the Western Hemisphere (Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 32: 1-827 [pl. iv fig. 12] (habitus)

Jansson, A. 1982. Notes on some Corixidae (Heteroptera) from New Guinea and New Caledonia. Pacific Insects 24: 95-103 [98] (Irian Jaya)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1899. Aquatic Rhynchota in the collection of the Royal Museum of Belgium. Notes and descriptions. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 43: 505-510 [510] (list)

Knowles, J.N. 1974. A revision of Australian species of Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy and Diaprepocoris Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 173-191 [173-177, figs 1-8] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [37] (note)

Lundblad, O. 1929. Die australischen Arten der Gattung Agraptocorixa. Arkiv för Zoologi 20: 1-19 2 pls [3] (nov. comb. as Agraptocorixa eurynome)

History of changes

• Agraptocorixa gambrei Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [35].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, Port Warrender, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA

WA: Northern Kimberley (NK)

Ecological Descriptors

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

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.

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [36, 37] (note)

History of changes

• Agraptocorixa halei Hungerford, H.B. 1953. A new Agraptocorixa from Australia. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 26: 42-44 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU, Barron River, near Barron Waters, QLD.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Townsville, NSW—Trangie, WA—Mt Trafalgar, NT—Stanley Chasm, Tennant Creek.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, detritivore, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, volant.

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.

Knowles, J.N. 1974. A revision of Australian species of Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy and Diaprepocoris Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 173-191 [174, 181-183, figs 25-32] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [37] (morphology, distribution)

History of changes

• Corixa (Porocorixa) hirtifrons Hale, H.M. 1922. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera, No. I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 309-330 [321].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA I15186 ♂, Cooper Creek, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♂ ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Knowles, J.N. 1974. A revision of Australian species of Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy and Diaprepocoris Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 173-191 [179]; Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. 1995. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhuncha to Cimicomorpha). pp. 1-501 in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 27.3A xv 506 pp. (interpret Knowles' incorrect inference of a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cunnamulla, Kihee Station, NSW—Broken Hill, VIC—Clear Lake, Hattah Lakes, Lake Boga, SA—Clayton Crossing, Lake Eyre.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Riverina (RIV), Stony Plains (STP)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, detritivore, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, volant.

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.

Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [423] (description)

Knowles, J.N. 1974. A revision of Australian species of Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy and Diaprepocoris Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 173-191 [173-174, 179, figs 17-24] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [37] (note)

Lundblad, O. 1929. Die australischen Arten der Gattung Agraptocorixa. Arkiv för Zoologi 20: 1-19 2 pls [9] (nov. comb. as Agraptocorixa hirtifrons)

History of changes

• Agraptocorixa macrops Hungerford, H.B. 1953. A new Agraptocorixa from New Guinea (Corixidae-Hemiptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 26: 38-39 [38].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Lake Paniai Meer, Central New Guinea.
  Paratype(s) KU.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Melanesia—Papua New Guinea.

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, detritivore, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, volant.

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.

Jansson, A. 1982. Notes on some Corixidae (Heteroptera) from New Guinea and New Caledonia. Pacific Insects 24: 95-103 [98] (note)

Knowles, J.N. 1974. A revision of Australian species of Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy and Diaprepocoris Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 173-191 [183, figs 33-40] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [37] (note)

History of changes

• Corixa (Porocorixa) parvipunctata Hale, H.M. 1922. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera, No. I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 309-330 [320].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA I15185 ♂, Adelaide, SA.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 4♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Knowles, J.N. 1974. A revision of Australian species of Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy and Diaprepocoris Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 173-191 [177]; Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. 1995. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhuncha to Cimicomorpha). pp. 1-501 in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 27.3A xv 506 pp. (interpret Knowles' incorrect inference of holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Charters Towers, Claudie River, Longreach, NSW—Broken Hill, Bungendore, Hay, Tamworth, Wagga Wagga, SA—Bordertown, Murray River, Northern Flinders Ranges, Reynella, TAS—Hobart; WA—Kimberley district, NT—Groote Eylandt.

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, detritivore, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, volant.

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.

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

Knowles, J.N. 1974. A revision of Australian species of Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy and Diaprepocoris Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 25: 173-191 [173-174, 177-179, figs 9-16] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [36-37] (note)

Lundblad, O. 1929. Die australischen Arten der Gattung Agraptocorixa. Arkiv för Zoologi 20: 1-19 2 pls [13] (nov. comb. as Agraptocorixa parvipunctata)

History of changes