Species Diplonychus planus (Sulzer, 1776)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nepa planus Sulzer, J.H. 1776. Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten nach dem Linnéischen System. Winterthur : H. Steiner & Co. 2 pts. [Pt 1: 27 + 274 pp.; Pt 2: 71 pp., 32 colour pls] [92 (tab. x)].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, Amerika (Polhemus (1994: 690) indicates that type locality given in original description as "Amerika" is an error, and that the locality is probably in Asia, possibly south India).

  Type locality references:

  Polhemus, J.T. 1994. The identity and synonymy of the Belostomatidae (Heteroptera) of Johann Christian Fabricius 1775–1803. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96: 687-695.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Groote Eylandt (new record), also Palaearctic Region—China, Oriental Region—Burma, India, Indonesia (Java, Maluka, Sumatra), Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Maternal care.

 

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.

Bahadur, J. 1968. The structure and development of the Malpighian tubes of an aquatic bug: Sphaerodema rusticum Linnaeus (Hemiptera). Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 18: 239-247 [239]

Campbell, T.G. 1927. Water bugs. Australian Museum Magazine 3: 90-96 [93-94] (distribution)

Carver, M., Gross, G.F. & Woodward, T.E. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects, etc.) [with contributions by Cassis, G., Evans, J.W., Fletcher, M.J., Hill, L., Lansbury, I., Malipatil, M.B., Monteith, G.B., Moulds, M.S., Polhemus, J.T., Slater, J.A., Štys, P., Taylor, K.L., Weir, T.A. & Williams, D.J.]. pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. [487] (misidentification as Diplonychus rusticus)

Dufour, L. 1863. Essai monographique sur les Bélostomides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 4 3: 373-400 [399] (misidentification as Nervinops rusticus)

Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [333] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Fabricius, J.C. 1787. Mantissa Insectorum sistens eorum species nuper detectas adiectis characteribus genericus, differentiis specificis, emendationibus, observationibus. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. Vol. 1 xx 348 pp. [276] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Fabricius, J.C. 1794. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tom. 1. Hafniae : Christ. Gottl. Proft. xx 330 pp. [62] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Fabricius, J.C. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard x 314 pp. emmendanda. [106] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Gmelin, J.F. 1790. Hemiptera. pp. 1520, 1523, 2041–2224 in, Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae. 13th Edn. Lipsiae : Beer Vol. 1(4). [2121] (misidentification as Nepa rustica Fabricius)

Goeze, J.A. 1778. Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linne zwolften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Leipzig : Weidmanns Erben und Reich Vol. 11 lxxii 352 pp. [177] (description)

Hoffmann, W.E. 1926. The life history of Sphaerodema rusticus Fabr. (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Lingnan Agricultural Review 3: 167-176 (life history)

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

Latreille, P.A. 1817. Les Crutacés, nautrelles, ouvrage formant les tonenes 4 et 5 de celui de M. Baron Cuvier sur le régne animal. Paris : Deterville Vol. 2 xxiv 556 pp. 5 pls. (misidentification as Diplonychus rusticus)

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 [55] (list)

McKeown, K.C. 1933. Aquatic insects. Australian Museum Magazine 5: 14-21 [17]

McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [91, 93]

McKeown, K.C. 1943. Australian insects. XIX. Hemiptera—4. The bugs (Gelastocoridae-Corixidae). Australian Museum Magazine 8: 176-180 [178]

Pendergrast, J.G. 1957. Studies on the reproductive organs of the Heteroptera with a consideration of their bearing on classification. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 109: 1-63 [6, 36]

Polhemus, J.T. 1994. The identity and synonymy of the Belostomatidae (Heteroptera) of Johann Christian Fabricius 1775–1803. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96: 687-695 [690] (as Diplonychus plana (Sulzer), correct identification, nomenclature)

Presswalla, M.J. & George, C.J. 1936. The morphology of Sphaerodema rusticum Fabr. Journal of the University of Bombay 4: 29-67

Roemer, J.J. 1789. Genera Insectorum Linnei et Fabricii iconibus illustrata. Vitoduri : Steiner 86 pp. 37 pls. [79, pl. x fig. 2] (description)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [157] (description, distribution)

 

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