Species Nesidovelia howense (Hale, 1926)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Microvelia howensis Hale, H.M. 1926. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. VII. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 3: 195-217 [211] [incorrect original spelling, as howense].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♂, Erskine Valley, Mt Gower, Lord Howe Is.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA 2♂ 5♀ 10 adults 8 larvae.

Generic Combinations

• Nesidovelia howense (Hale, 1926). —
  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

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, gregarious, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic.

General References

Andersen, N.M. 1969. A new Microvelia from Australia with a check-list of Australian species (Hemiptera, Veliidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 37: 253-261 [259, 260] (description)

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2001. New genera of Veliidae (Hemiptera : Heteroptera) from Australia, with notes on the generic classification of the subfamily Microveliinae. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15(2): 217-258 [242] (new combination, as Microvelia howense)

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. [144, fig. 11.32] (notes; habitus; morphology)

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 [95] (description)

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