Species Nerthra plauta Todd, 1960

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• Nerthra plauta Todd, E.L. 1960. The Gelastocoridae of Australia (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 2: 171-194 [186].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♀, Ooldea, SA.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Munyaroo Conservation Park, Poochera

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, diurnal, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Found in spinifex Triodia R.Br., male unknown; arid and semiarid localities

 

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 [25] (redescription; phylogeny)

Todd, E.L. 1961. A checklist of the Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 461-476 [472] (list)

 

History of changes

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30-Nov-2012		30-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
20-Oct-2010		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
07-Oct-2010		07-Oct-2010	MODIFIED
		24-May-2010	MODIFIED