Species Nesidovelia pennicilla (Andersen & Weir, 2003)

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• Microvelia (Austromicrovelia) pennicilla Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2003. The genus Microvelia in Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Invertebrate Systematics 17: 261-348 [293].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Florence Falls, Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory [13.06S 130.4E].

Generic Combinations

• Nesidovelia pennicilla (Andersen & Weir, 2003). —
  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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Pine Creek (PCK)

Ecological Descriptors

Semiaquatic; freshwater; slow flowing shallow creeks and pools

General References

Andersen, N.M. & Weir, T.A. 2003. The genus Microvelia in Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Veliidae). Invertebrate Systematics 17: 261-348 [125] (key)

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.

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