Species Enithares woodwardi Lansbury, 1968

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• Enithares woodwardi Lansbury, I. 1968. The Enithares (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae) of the Oriental region. Pacific Insects 10: 353-442 [398].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM T6537 ♂, Brisbane, QLD.
  Paratype(s) AM 6♂ 2♀; EUQ 2♀; KU 4♂ 2♀; OUM 3♂; SAMA I20421–I20425 3♂ 2♀.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cardwell Ranges, Carnarvon Ranges, Highvale, Whitsunday Is., NSW—Blackheath, Como, Katoomba, Mittagong, Nowra, Sydney, ACT—Canberra, VIC—Eltham district, Fitzroy River, Kooba Lagoon, TAS—Hobart, Launceston, SA—Adelaide, Kangaroo Is., also Melanesia—New Guinea, Solomon Ils.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

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

Extra Ecological Information

Side of rock pool.

 

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.

Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [344-345] (misidentification as Enithares bergrothi Montandon, 1892)

Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [419-421, pl. 10 fig. 1] (misidentification as Enithares bergrothi Montandon, 1892)

Hungerford, H.B. 1934. Concerning some aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera from Australia. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 29: 68-73 [68] (misidentification as Enithares bergrothi Montandon, 1892)

Hungerford, H.B. 1940. A new Enithares for Australian (Notonectidae-Hemiptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 13: 130-131 [130] (misidentification as Enithares bergrothi Montandon, 1892)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1904. Über Notonectiden (Hemiptera). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 23: 93-135 [98, 105] (misidentification as Enithares bergrothi Montandon, 1892)

Lansbury, I. 1984. Some Nepomorpha (Corixidae, Notonectidae and Nepidae) (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) of north-west Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 108: 35-49 [41] (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 [146] (misidentification as Enithares bergrothi Montandon, 1892)

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 [92] (misidentification as Enithares bergrothi Montandon, 1892)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
30-Nov-2012		30-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
20-Oct-2010		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)