Species Lethocerus (Lethocerus) insulanus (Montandon, 1898)
- Belostoma insulanum Montandon, A.L. 1898. Hémiptèra Cryptocerata. Notes et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Bucarest-Roumanie 7: 430-432 [430].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP, New Caledonia (as Nouvelles Calédonie) and New Guinea (as Nouvelle Guinée). - Belostoma edentulum Montandon, A.L. 1898. Hémiptèra Cryptocerata. Notes et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Bucarest-Roumanie 7: 430-432 [432].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH, Rockhampton, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Menke, A.S. 1960. A review of the genus Lethocerus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in the Eastern Hemisphere with the description of a new species from Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 285-288 [285]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Oriental Region—Philippines, Melanesia—New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)
Ecological Descriptors
Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, nocturnal, piscivore, predator, volant.
General References
Campbell, T.G. 1927. Water bugs. Australian Museum Magazine 3: 90-96 [93] (misidentification as Lethocerus indicus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)
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. [487] (note)
De Carlo, J.A. 1964. Género Lethocerus Mayr (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Physis (Buenos Aires) 24(68): 337-350 [343]
Lansbury, I. 1967. Aquatic Hemiptera-Heteroptera of the Noona Dan expedition to the Philippine and Bismarck Islands. Entomologiske Meddelelser 35: 89-98 [94] (description)
McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [91] (misidentification as Lethocerus indicus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825)
Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [157, pl. 12 fig. 16] (description, misidentification as
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. [456] (note)
History of changes
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