Species Nerthra hylaea Todd, 1960

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• Nerthra hylaea Todd, E.L. 1960. The Gelastocoridae of Australia (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 2: 171-194 [184].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♀, Beech Forest, VIC.
  Paratype(s) NMV ♂ 3♀.

 

Distribution

States

Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

VIC—Kinglake, plus type locality

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, diurnal, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

In moss and lichens; montane cool temperate forests

 

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.

Cassis, G. & Silveira, R. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Nerthra alaticollis species-group (Heteroptera: Gelastocoridae: Nerthrinae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 109(1): 1-46 [22] (redescription; phylogeny)

Todd, E.L. 1961. A checklist of the Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 461-476 [469] (list)

 

History of changes

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