Species Anisops thienemanni Lundblad, 1933

Museums

Regional Maps

• Anisops thienemanni 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 [167].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM, Dieng plateau, Java.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Brisbane, Cleveland, NSW—Broken Hill, Katoomba, Lake Victoria, Sydney, Williams River, Leeton, ACT—Canberra, VIC—Healesville, Melbourne, Moyston, Streatham Billabong, Yarra Flats, SA—Adelaide, Gawler, Innamincka, Italowie, Myponga, Port Willunga, Willow Wells, WA—Geraldton, Mullewa, Pigeon Rocks, Rottnest Is., Stirling Ranges National Park, also Indonesia (Java).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: 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), 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)

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.

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, fig. 365] (description, misidentification as Anisops hyperion)

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

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] (misidentification as Anisops hyperion)

Hale, H.M. 1935. Some aquatic Hemiptera from Western Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 59: 249-251 [249] (misidentification as Anisops hyperion)

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 [506] (list)

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

Lansbury, I. 1969. The genus Anisops in Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Journal of Natural History 3: 433-458 [444, 446, figs 43-48] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1975. Notes on additions, changes and the distribution of the Australian water-bug fauna (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 36: 17-23 [19] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1981. Aquatic and semi-aquatic bugs (Hemiptera) of Australia. pp. 1195-1211 in Keast, A. (ed.). Ecological Biogeography of Australia. The Hague : Dr. W. Junk Vol. 2(4). [1205] (TAS)

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, fig. 1a] (key, distribution)

 

History of changes

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30-Nov-2012		30-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
20-Oct-2010		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
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