• Enitharonecta Hungerford, H.B. 1928. Some recent studies in aquatic Hemiptera (including a new subgenus and a new species). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 21: 139-146 [143] [first introduced as a subgenus of Notonecta Linnaeus, 1758].

  Type species:

   Notonecta handlirschi Kirkaldy, 1897 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA

WA: Warren (WAR)

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.

Hungerford, H.B. 1933. The genus Notonecta of the world (Notonectidae-Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 21: 5-195 [25] (diagnosis)

Poisson, R. 1951. Ordre des Hétéroptères. (Heteroptera Latreille, 1810—Frontirostres Fallén, 1814). pp. 1657-1803 in Grassé, P.P. (ed.). Traité de Zoologie: Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie. Insectes supérieurs et Hémiptéroides. Paris : Masson & Cie Vol. 10. [1755] (list)

Štys, P. & Jansson, A. 1988. Check-list of recent family-group and genus-group names of Nepomorpha (Heteroptera) of the world. Acta Entomologica Fennica 50: 1-44 [14] (classification)

History of changes

• Notonecta handlirschi Kirkaldy, G.W. 1897. Revision of the Notonectidae. Part I. Introduction, and systematic revision of the genus Notonecta. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1897: 393-426 [408].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMW ♂, Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

WA—N of Walpole (new record, Polhemus, J.T., pers. coll.).

IBRA

WA: Warren (WAR)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, diurnal, lentic freshwater, predator, volant.

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.

Hale, H.M. 1923. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. II. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 397-424 pls X-XI [418] (note)

Hungerford, H.B. 1928. Some recent studies in aquatic Hemiptera (including a new subgenus and a new species). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 21: 139-146 [143] (as Notonecta (Enitharonecta) handlirschi)

Hungerford, H.B. 1933. The genus Notonecta of the world (Notonectidae-Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 21: 5-195 [27, pl. 4 fig. 2, pl. 8 fig. 4, pl. 9 fig. 7] (description, distribution)

History of changes