Species Naucoris rhizomatus Polhemus, 1984

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• Naucoris rhizomatus Polhemus, J.T. 1984. A review of the Naucorinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Naucoridae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 23: 157-160 [157].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Coomalie Creek, CL913, near Darwin, NT.
  Paratype(s) AMNH 15♂ 13♀ specimens; ANIC; CAS; OUM; USNM; SAMA ♀.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Oriental Region—Malaysia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Rocky stream.

 

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.

Lansbury, I. 1985. The Australian Naucoridae (Insecta, Hemiptera-Heteroptera) with description of a new species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 109: 109-119 [115, figs 10, 30, 52] (description)

 

History of changes

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