Species Nerthra walkeri Todd, 1955

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• Nerthra walkeri Todd, E.L. 1955. A taxonomic revision of the family Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 37: 277-475 [439].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Adelaide River, NT (as Adelaide R., NW Australia).
  Paratype(s) BMNH 3♀; KU ♀.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

NT—Darwin, King River, Stapleton, plus type locality

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK)

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.

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] (misidentification as Nerthra grandis (Montandon, 1899))

Todd, E.L. 1960. The Gelastocoridae of Australia (Hemiptera). Pacific Insects 2: 171-194 [178, figs 8, 40] (description, habitus)

Todd, E.L. 1961. A checklist of the Gelastocoridae (Hemiptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17: 461-476 [474] (list)

 

History of changes

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