Genus Anisops Spinola, 1837
- Anisops Spinola, M.M. 1837. Essai sur les genres d'insectes appartenants à l'ordre des Hémiptères Lin. ou Rhyngotes Fab. et à la section des Hétéroptères, Dufour. Gênes, Chez Yves Gravier 1837: 1-383, 15 tables [58].
Type species:
Anisops sardeus Herrich-Schaeffer, 1849 (=Anisops niveus (Fabricius, 1775)) by monotypy. - Micranisops Hutchinson, G.E. 1929. A revision of the Notonectidae and Corixidae of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 25: 359-474 [377] [first introduced as a subgenus of Anisops Spinola, 1837].
Type species:
Anisops apicalis Stål, 1856 (=Anispos elegans Fieber, 1851) by monotypy. - Anisopoides Hutchinson, G.E. 1929. A revision of the Notonectidae and Corixidae of South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 25: 359-474 [378] [first introduced as a subgenus of
Anisops Spinola, 1837].Type species:
Anisops (Anisopoides) aglaia Hutchinson, 1929 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [304]
- Lansbury, I. 1966. New synonymy in the genus Anisops (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13 9: 293-296 [293]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Afrotropical, Palaearctic and Oriental regions; Micronesia; Melanesia; Polynesia.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Central Ranges (CR) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Pilbara (PIL) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Murchison (MUR), Riverina (RIV), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA: Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: South East Corner (SEC) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sturt Plateau (STU) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; NT: Burt Plain (BRT) ; NT, Qld, WA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK) ; NT, WA: Ord Victoria Plain (OVP) ; Tas, Vic: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
General References
Amyot, C.J.B. & Audinet-Serville, J.G. 1843. Histoire Naturelle des Insects. Hémiptères. Paris : Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Rue Hautefeuille 10 B13 676 pp. [15, 22, 40] (description)
Champion, G.C. 1901. Insecta: Rhynchota (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). pp. 1-416 in Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (eds). Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, Zoology. London : Dulau Vol. 2 xvi 416 pp., 22 pls. [1897: 1–32; 1898: 33–192; 1899: 193–304; 1900: 305–344; 1901: xvi 345–416] [371] (Neotropical Region)
Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [400] (description)
Lansbury, I. 1961. Notes on the genus Anisops (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) in the Hungarian National History Museum. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 53: 505-506 (taxonomy)
Lansbury, I. 1962. Notes on the genus Anisops in Bishop Museum (Hem.: Notonectidae). Pacific Insects 4: 141-151 (taxonomy)
Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 (Australia)
Lansbury, I. 1968. The Enithares (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae) of the Oriental region. Pacific Insects 10: 353-442 [355, 357] (note)
Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 (Australia)
Linnavuori, R.E. 1981. Hemiptera of Nigeria, with remarks on some species of the adjacent countries 1. The aquatic and semiaquatic families, Saldidae and Leptopodidae. Acta Entomologica Fennica 37: 1-39 [6] (Afrotropical Region)
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. [1684, 1687, 1707, 1728, 1750, 1754] (morphology, list)
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