Species Micronecta queenslandica Chen, 1965

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• Micronecta queenslandica Chen, L.-C. 1965. A revision of Micronecta of Australia and Melanesia (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Kansas University Science Bulletin 46: 147-165 [159].

  Type data:

   Holotype KU ♂, N QLD.
  Paratype(s) KU ♂ 4♀; SAMA ♂ 2♀.
• Micronecta annae kirkaldyi Wróblewski, A. 1970. Notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Bulletin de L'Academie Polonaise des Sciences 40: 681-703 [688].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 2♂ 3♀, Eubenangee Swamp, Innisfail & Mornington Is., QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wróblewski, A. 1972. Supplementary notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 42: 517-526 [519]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Mornington Is., Townsville.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, detritivore, diurnal, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, swamp, temporary pools, 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

 

History of changes

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