Species Nerthra macrothorax (Montrouzier, 1855)
- Galgulus macrothorax Montrouzier, P. 1855. Essai sur la faune de l'île de Woodlark ou Moiou. Annales de la Société d'Agriculture de Lyon 2 7: 1-114 [110].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Woodlark Is.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory
Extra Distribution Information
NT—Darwin, also Palaearctic Region—Japan, Oriental Region—Indonesia (Borneo, Buru, Maluka, Sulawesi), Philippines, Micronesia—Marianna Ils, Melanesia—Aru Is., Key Is., Indonesia (Irian Jaya), New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Ils (Guadalcanal), Polynesia—Tonga
IBRA
NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, diurnal, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Larvae and adults found in and under decaying vegetation of Pandanus Parkinson [Pandanaceae] and Erythrina indica Lam. [Fabaceae].
General References
Distant, W.L. 1888. An enumeration of the Rhynchota received from Baron von Müller and collected by Mr. Sayer in New Guinea during Mr. Cuthbertson's Expedition. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1888: 475-489 pl. XIII [486, 486] (list; list)
Esaki, T. 1936. Das Vorkommen von Peltopterus macrothorax (Montrouzier) auf der Insel Kikaigashima, östlich von Amami-Oshima. Mushi 9: 43
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. List of the genera of the pagiopodous Hemiptera-Heteroptera, with their type species, from 1758 to 1904 (and also of the aquatic and semi-aquatic Trochalopoda). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 32: 117-156a, 156b [149] (list)
Miyamoto, S. 1953. Tokara Expedition. NYMPH. Report of the Biological Club 2nd Branch Kyushu University 2: 35 [In Japanese] (larvae)
Miyamoto, S. 1954. Collecting records from Tokara Islands. Shin Konchu 7: 28 fig. 9 [In Japanese]
Sonan, J. 1934. On Peltopterus macrothorax (Montrouzier). Transactions of the Natural History Society of Formosa 24: 21 [In Japanese]
Stål, C. 1863. Verzeichniss der Mononychiden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7: 405-408 [408] (nov. comb. as
Stål, C. 1876. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 5. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 14(4): 1-162 [139] (list)
Todd, E.L. 1955. A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 37: 277-475 [414] (description, distribution)
Todd, E.L. 1955. Notes on Nerthra macrothorax (Montrouzier) (Hemiptera: Gelastocoridae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 62: 116
Todd, E.L. 1957. Five new species of Gelastocoridae with comments on other species (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 59: 145-162 [157]
Todd, E.L. 1959. The Gelastocoridae of Melanesia (Hemiptera). Results of the Archbold Expeditions. Nova Guinea ns 10: 61-94 [70, figs 1, 21, 29] (description)
Todd, E.L. 1960. The Gelastocoridae of Australia (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 2: 171-194 [176, figs 3, 4, 43] (description)
Todd, E.L. 1961. A checklist of the Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 461-476 [470] (list)
History of changes
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