Species Enithares atra Brooks, 1948

Museums

Regional Maps

• Enithares atra Brooks, G.T. 1948. New species of Enithares Hemiptera: Notonectidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 21: 37-54 pls I-III [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM ♂, New Guinea.
  Paratype(s) USNM 2♂ 8♀; KU 5♀.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Melanesia—Papua New Guinea.

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.

Lansbury, I. 1968. The Enithares (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae) of the Oriental region. Pacific Insects 10: 353-442 [363-364, 423] (key, description)

Lansbury, I. 1974. Notes on the genus Enithares Spinola (Hem., Notonectidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 109: 226-231 [228-229]

 

History of changes

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20-Oct-2010		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
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