Species Microveliopsis melancholica (Hale, 1925)
- Microvelia melancholica Hale, H.M. 1925. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 44. The aquatic and semi-aquatic Hemiptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(20): 1-19 [5].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♂, Herberton, QLD.
Paratype(s) SAMA ♂ ♀; NHRM 4♂ ♀.Secondary source:
Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2001. New genera of Veliidae (Hemiptera : Heteroptera) from Australia, with notes on the generic classification of the subfamily Microveliinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15(2): 217-258 [244] (new combination, as Microvelopsis melancholica).
Generic Combinations
- Microveliopsis melancholica (Hale, 1925).
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Crater National Park, Malanda, plus type locality.
IBRA
Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, gregarious, lentic freshwater, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Semiaquatic
General References
Andersen, N.M. 1969. A new Microvelia from Australia with a check-list of Australian species (Hemiptera, Veliidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 37: 253-261 [260] (description)
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. [141, Figs 11.30A,B] (habitus; morphology)
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. [141] (diagnosis; biology; key)
Hale, H.M. 1926. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. VII. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3: 195-217 [216] (description)
Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [320-322] (description)
Malipatil, M.B. 1980. Review of Australian Microvelia Westwood (Hemiptera: Veliidae) with a description of two new species from eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 85-108 [94] (description)
History of changes
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| 05-Dec-2012 | 05-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Sep-2010 | 29-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 25-Sep-2010 | 25-Sep-2010 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |