Species Ochterus eurythorax Baehr, 1989

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• Ochterus eurythorax Baehr, M. 1989. Review of the Australian Ochteridae. Spixiana (Munich) 11: 111-126 [116].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Dunwich, Stradbroke Is., QLD.
  Paratype(s) EUQ 43♂ 53♀; SAMA 32 specimens; CREIGER; ZSM.

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Stanthorpe, Stradbroke Is., NSW—Royal National Park, Sydney, ACT—Gibraltar Falls, Murrumbidgee River, VIC—Croydon, Mitta Mitta, Six Mile Creek, Wonga Park, Yer River, TAS—Hobart, SA—Mt Lofty Ranges, Myponga, also Melanesia—Papua New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, coastal, predator, riparian, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Near lakes, rivers, lagoons, small mountain brooks, associated with Ochterus secundus secundus Kormilev.

 

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. 1990. Revision of the genus Ochterus Latreille in the Australian region (Heteroptera: Ochteridae). Entomologica Scandinavica 20: 449-477 [114, 462, figs 4, 24, 44, 92, 109, 127] (key, description)

 

History of changes

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20-Oct-2010		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
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