Species Nerthra grandis (Montandon, 1899)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Matinus grandis Montandon, A.L. 1899. Hémiptèra Cryptocerata. s. fam. Mononychinae. Notes et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. 2ème partie. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Bucarest-Roumanie 8: 774-788 [777].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, Australia (as Australie).

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

VIC—Baxter, Bright, Caulfield, Kilmore Junction, McEvelyn, Murrindindi, Wallan, Wandin.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, diurnal, predator.

 

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.

Todd, E.L. 1955. A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 37: 277-475 [440] (nov. comb. as Nerthra grandis)

Todd, E.L. 1957. Five new species of Gelastocoridae with comments on other species (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 59: 145-162 [159]

Todd, E.L. 1960. The Gelastocoridae of Australia (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 2: 171-194 [180, figs 13, 38] (description)

Todd, E.L. 1961. A checklist of the Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 461-476 [468] (list)

 

History of changes

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