Species Nesidovelia childi (Andersen, 1969)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microvelia childi Andersen, N.M. 1969. A new Microvelia from Australia with a check-list of Australian species (Hemiptera, Veliidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 37: 253-261 [253].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM ♂, Kuringai Chase, 20 miles N of Sydney, 500 ft, freshwater stream, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Nesidovelia childi (Andersen, 1969). —
  Cassis, G., Hodgins,M., Weir, T.A. & Tatarnic, N.J. 2018. Phylogenetic reclassification and genitalic morphology of the small water strider genus Nesidovelia Andersen & Weir and allied Microveliinae (Hemiptera:Veliidae). Austral Entomology 57: 92–106 [Date published early view 26 April 2017]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

New records.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, gregarious, lentic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic.

 

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2003. The genus Microvelia in Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Invertebrate Systematics 17: 261-348 [276]

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.

Malipatil, M.B. 1980. Review of Australian Microvelia Westwood (Hemiptera: Veliidae) with a description of two new species from eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31: 85-108 [85, 86, 96] (key, notes, distribution)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018	GERROMORPHA	08-Mar-2018	MODIFIED
04-Dec-2012		04-Dec-2012	MOVED
05-Dec-2012		03-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
20-Oct-2010		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
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