Genus Megochterus Jaczewski, 1934

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• Megochterus Jaczewski, T. 1934. Notes on the Old World species of Ochteridae (Heteroptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 10 13: 597-613 [610].

  Type species:

   Pelogonus nasutus Montandon, 1898 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, SA, Tas: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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.

Baehr, M. 1989. Review of the Australian Ochteridae. Spixiana (Munich) 11: 111-126 [113] (Australia)

Baehr, M. 1990. Revision of the genus Megochterus Jaczewski (Insecta: Heteroptera: Ochteridae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4: 197-203 [198] (Australia)

Kormilev, N.A. 1971. Ochteridae from the Oriental and Australian Regions. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Pacific Insects 13: 429-444 [443] (description)

Poisson, R. 1951. Ordre des Hétéroptères. (Heteroptera Latreille, 1810—Frontirostres Fallén, 1814). pp. 1657-1803 in Grassé, P.P. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie: Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Insectes supérieurs et Hémiptéroides. Paris : Masson & Cie Vol. 10. [1762] (list)

Štys, P. & Jansson, A. 1988. Check-list of recent family-group and genus-group names of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) of the world. Acta Entomologica Fennica 50: 1-44 [7] (list)

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