Species Anisops hyperion Kirkaldy, 1898

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Regional Maps

• Anisops hyperion Kirkaldy, G.W. 1898. Neue und seltene Notonectiden-Arten. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 17: 141-142 [141].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH 2♂, Rockhampton, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

NSW—Royal National Park, Sydney, VIC—Little Desert National Park, Sydney, SA—Adelaide, Mt Lofty Ranges, WA—Bridgetown, Pigeon Rock, NT—near Elliot, also Oriental Region—Taiwan, Melanesia—Fiji, New Caledonia, Micronesia—Mariana Ils.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB), Sturt Plateau (STU)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic 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.

Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [332, pl. 37 fig. 16] (description)

Distant. W.L. 1914. Rhynchota from New Caledonia and the surrounding islands. 369-390 pls xi, xii in Sarasin, F. & Roux, J. (eds). Nova Caledonia Forschungen in Neu-Caledonien und auf den Loyalty-Inseln A. Zoologie. Wiesbaden : C.W. Kreidels Vol. 2. [386] (probable misidentification, biology)

Esaki, T. 1926. Verzeichniss der Hemiptera-Heteroptera der Insel Formosa. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 24: 136-189 [188] (probable misidentification, biology)

Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [403-412] (biology, misidentification as Anisops hyperion—see Anisops theinemanni Lundblad, 1933)

Hale, H.M. 1923. The breeding habits of the "Backswimmer" (Anisops hyperion). South Australian Naturalist 4: 124-128 fig. 1 (biology, misidentification as Anisops hyperion —see Anisops theinemanni Lundblad, 1933)

Hale, H.M. 1924. Notes on eggs, habits and migration of some Australian aquatic bugs. (Corixidae and Notonectidae). South Australian Naturalist 5: 133-135 pl. I [135] (biology, misidentification as Anisops hyperion—see Anisops theinemanni Lundblad, 1933)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1904. Über Notonectiden (Hemiptera). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 23: 93-135 [111, 132]

Lansbury, I. 1964. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera: Notonectidae) Part I. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 52-65 [52, 61, figs 56-70] (description, distribution)

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [455, figs 85, 90, 91] (description, distribution)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [145] (list)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [88, 90, fig. 1c] (key, distribution)

 

History of changes

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