Species Micronecta robusta Hale, 1922

Museums

Regional Maps

• Micronecta robusta Hale, H.M. 1922. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera, No. I. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 309-330 [325].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I15188 ♂, Adelaide, SA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA I15188 ♂ 3♀ (and 3 specimens on card sex unknown).

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

NSW—Katoomba, ACT—Pine Is., TAS—Hobart, SA—Beachport, Murray Bridge, WA—Rottnest Is., Seaforth.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Channel Country (CHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

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 [153, figs 30-44] (description)

Wróblewski, A. 1970. Notes on Australian Micronectinae (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Bulletin de L'Academie Polonaise des Sciences 40: 681-703 [681, 689, 700] (key, biology, distribution)

 

History of changes

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