Species Agraptocorixa macrops Hungerford, 1953

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• 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

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