Species Nerthra luteovaria (Distant, 1904)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mononyx luteovarius Distant, W.L. 1904. Rhynchotal notes. XXIV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 14: 61-66 [63].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Townsville, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Almaden, Bowen, Chillagoe district, Redlynch, WA—De Grey River, Kimberley district, Wyndham, Yarrie Station, NT—Daly River

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, 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.

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 [15] (description)

Montandon, A.L. 1899. Hémiptèra Cryptocerata. s. fam. Mononychinae. Notes et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. 1ère partie. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Bucarest-Roumanie 8: 392-407 [406] (part of type series of Nerthra mixta (Montandon, 1899))

Todd, E.L. 1955. A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 37: 277-475 [430] (nov. comb. as Nerthra luteovaria, description)

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] (description, distribution)

Todd, E.L. 1960. The Gelastocoridae of Australia (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 2: 171-194 [178, figs 9, 42] (description)

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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