Species Laccotrephes (Laccotrephes) tristis (Stål, 1854)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nepa tristis Stål, C. 1854. Nya Hemiptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar. Stockholm 11(8): 231-255 [241].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM, Australia (as New Holland).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Bellevue, Cunnamulla, Mackay, NSW—Brewarrina, Clarence River, Dubbo, SA—Melrose, Mount Lofty Ranges, Murray River, River Torrens, WA—Forrest River, NT—Alice Springs, Bagot's Creek, Darwin, Roper River, also Oriental Region, Melanesia—Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, lentic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Mud-dwelling, associated with decaying vegetation, oviposition on aquatic vegetation.

 

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.

Bergroth, E. 1916. Heteropterous Hemiptera collected by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer during the Horn Expedition into Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 29: 19-39 [39] (nov. comb. as Laccotrephes tristis)

Campbell, T.G. 1927. Water bugs. Australian Museum Magazine 3: 90-96 [92] (note)

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. [486, fig. 30.54] (habitus)

Ferrari, E. von 1888. Die Hemipteren-Gattung Nepa Latr. (sens. natur.). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums in Wien 3: 161-194 pls VIII, IX [186] (description)

Hale, H.M. 1924. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. III. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 503-520 pls XXXIV-XXXV [504] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1967. Comparative morphology of the male Australian Nepidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 641-649 [644] (morphology)

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

McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [90, fig.] (biology)

McKeown, K.C. 1943. Australian insects. XIX. Hemiptera—4. The bugs (Gelastocoridae-Corixidae). Australian Museum Magazine 8: 176-180 [177]

Menke, A.S. & Strange, L.A. 1964. A new genus of Nepidae from Australia with notes on the higher classification of the family. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 75: 67-72 pl. VII [71] (list)

Skuse, F.A.A. 1893. Notes on Australian aquatic Hemiptera. (No. 1). Records of the Australian Museum 2: 42-45 pl. xi [43]

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [157, pl. 12 fig. 17] (description, habitus)

Tryon, H. 1892. Zoology of British New Guinea, II Hemiptera. Annals of the Queensland Museum 2: 13-24 [24] (distribution)

Woodward, T.E., Evans, J.W. & Eastop, V.F. 1970. Hemiptera (Bugs, leafhoppers, etc.). pp. 387-457 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Carlton : Melbourne University Press 1029 pp. [455, fig. 26.72A] (habitus)

 

History of changes

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