Species Micronecta halei Chen, 1965

Museums

Regional Maps

• Micronecta halei Chen, L.-C. 1965. A revision of Micronecta of Australia and Melanesia (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Kansas University Science Bulletin 46: 147-165 [157].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, De Grey at Yarrie Station, WA.
  Paratype(s) KU 2♂ 8♀; SAMA ♂ 12♀.
• Micronecta halei Wróblewski, A. 1970. Notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Bulletin de L'Academie Polonaise des Sciences 40: 681-703 [695] [junior primary homonym of Micronecta halei Chen, 1965].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Normanton, QLD.
  Paratype(s) SAMA 13 specimens.
• Micronecta windi Chen, L.-C. 1965. A revision of Micronecta of Australia and Melanesia (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Kansas University Science Bulletin 46: 147-165 [161].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, Kuranda, QLD.
  Paratype(s) KU ♂.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wróblewski, A. 1972. Supplementary notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 42: 517-526 [518]
• Tinerella, P.P. 2013. Taxonomic revision and systematics of continental Australian pygmy water boatmen (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixoidea: Micronectidae). Zootaxa 3623(1): 1-121 [97]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, SA, WA: Gulf Plains (GUP), Pilbara (PIL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD)

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.

Tinerella, P.P. 2013. Taxonomic revision and systematics of continental Australian pygmy water boatmen (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Corixoidea: Micronectidae). Zootaxa 3623(1): 1-121

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