Species Micronecta gracilis Hale, 1922

Museums

Regional Maps

• Micronecta gracilis Hale, H.M. 1922. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera, No. I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 309-330 [326].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I15189 ♂, Quorn, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA I15189 ♂ 2♀.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cairns, Dalby, Kings Creek, Mornington Is., St George, NSW—Katoomba, Sydney, Tamworth, VIC—Balwyn, Coromby, Melbourne, Wattle Park, SA—Algebuckina, Lake Callabonna, Mt Painter, Mt Serle, Myponga, WA—Warburton Range.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Stony Plains (STP), Wet Tropics (WT)

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.

Chen, L.-C. 1965. A revision of Micronecta of Australia and Melanesia (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Kansas University Science Bulletin 46: 147-165 [148, 151-153] (description)

King, I.M. 1976. Underwater sound production in Micronecta batilla Hale (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 35-43 [35, 41-42] (stridulation)

Wróblewski, A. 1970. Notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Bulletin de L'Academie Polonaise des Sciences 40: 681-703 [681, 692, 694, 700] (description, key)

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

 

History of changes

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