Species Drepanovelia dubia (Hale, 1926)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microvelia dubia Hale, H.M. 1926. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. VII. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3: 195-217 [214].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Devonport, TAS.
  Paratype(s) SAMA ♂ 6♀.

 

Generic Combinations

• Drepanovelia dubia (Hale, 1926). —
  Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2001. New genera of Veliidae (Hemiptera : Heteroptera) from Australia, with notes on the generic classification of the subfamily Microveliinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15(2): 217-258 [223]
• Drepanovelia dubia (Hale, 1926).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

NSW—Mt Kosciusko, VIC—Aberfeldy River, Aire River Reserve, Barkly River, Caledonia River, East Warburton, Gembrook, Jericho, Walhalla.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, gregarious, lentic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic.

 

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.

 

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