Species Micronecta adelaidae Chen, 1965

Museums

Regional Maps

• Micronecta adelaidae Chen, L.-C. 1965. A revision of Micronecta of Australia and Melanesia (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Kansas University Science Bulletin 46: 147-165 [155].

  Type data:

   Holotype USNM 69672 ♂, Adelaide River, 70 miles S of Darwin, NT.
  Paratype(s) KU ♂ ♀; USNM ♂ ♀.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, detritivore, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, volant.

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.

Wróblewski, A. 1972. Supplementary notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 42: 517-526 [524] (list, classification)

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