Species Merragata hackeri Hungerford, 1934
- Merragata hackeri Hungerford, H.B. 1934. Concerning some aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera from Australia. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 29: 68-73 [70].
Type data:
Holotype KU ♂, Brisbane, QLD.
Paratype(s) BMNH 17♂ ♀; KU; SAMA 2♀.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Brisbane, Moggill Farm Dam, Sundown National Park, VIC—Phillip Island, Tallandoon Lagoon, Thomson River Junction Swamp, NT—Limestone Gorge, Red Lily Lagoon.
IBRA
NT, Qld, Vic: Daly Basin (DAB), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Ecological Descriptors
Aquatic, lentic freshwater, predator, subtropical, swamp, temperate, tropical.
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. [79, 327] (distribution; checklist)
Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2004. Mesoveliidae, Hebridae, and Hydrometridae of Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha), with a reanalysis of the phylogeny of semiaquatic bugs. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 467-522 [502] (redescription)
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. [482, fig. 30.49B] (habitus)
Lansbury, I. 1990. Notes on the Hebridae (Insecta: Heteroptera-Hemiptera) of Australia with descriptions of three new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 114: 55-66 [64, figs 24, 28-29, 36-44] (description)
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. [453, fig. 26.70B] (habitus)
History of changes
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| 20-Oct-2010 | 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |