Species Ochterus brachysoma Rieger, 1977

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Regional Maps

• Ochterus brachysoma Rieger, C. 1977. Neue Ochteridae aus der Alten Welt. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift ns 24: 213-217 [214].

  Type data:

   Holotype CREIGER ♂, Stewart River, Cape York Peninula (as Cope York Peninsula), QLD.
  Paratype(s) CREIGER 3♂ ♀; ZSM ♂ 2♀.

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Balclutha River, near Cooktown, Jardine River, Laura, Split Rock, Wenlock River.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, predator, riparian, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

On sandy river banks, associated with Ochterus baehri baehri Rieger.

 

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.

Baehr, M. 1989. Review of the Australian Ochteridae. Spixiana (Munich) 11: 111-126 [114, 121] (key, description)

Baehr, M. 1990. Revision of the genus Ochterus Latreille in the Australian region (Heteroptera: Ochteridae). Entomologica Scandinavica 20: 449-477 [450, 472, figs 16, 36, 56, 103, 121, 129] (key, description)

 

History of changes

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