• Paranisops Hale, H.M. 1924. Two new Hemiptera from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 461-467 [462].

  Type species:

   Paranisops inconstans Hale, 1924 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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.

Brooks, G.T. 1951. A revision of the genus Anisops (Notonectidae: Hemiptera). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 34: 301-519 [307] (key)

Hungerford, H.B. 1933. The genus Notonecta of the world (Notonectidae-Hemiptera). Kansas University Science Bulletin 21: 5-195 [10] (taxonomy)

Hungerford, H.B. 1946. A new genus and species of Notonectidae. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 19: 59-62 [61] (taxonomy)

Jaczewski, T. 1937. Allgemeine Züge der geographischen Verbreitung der Wasserhemipteren. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 31: 565-591 [583, 587] (taxonomy)

Lansbury, I. 1964. A revision of the genus Paranisops Hale (Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 33: 181-188 (revision)

Lansbury, I. 1968. The Enithares (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Notonectidae) of the Oriental region. Pacific Insects 10: 353-442 [357]

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. [1754] (note)

History of changes

• Anisops endymion Kirkaldy, G.W. 1904. Über Notonectiden (Hemiptera). Wiener Entomologische Zeitung 23: 93-135 [133].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Swan River, WA.
  Paratype(s) KU 3♂ 3♀.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Gnangara, plus type locality.

IBRA

WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

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 [417] (translation of original description)

Hale, H.M. 1924. Two new Hemiptera from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 461-467 [465] (note)

Lansbury, I. 1964. A revision of the genus Paranisops Hale (Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 33: 181-188 [185, fig. 3] (description, nov. comb. as Paranisops endymion)

Lundblad, O. 1933. Zur Kenntnis der aquatilen und semiaquatilen Hemipteren von Sumatra, Java und Bali auf Grund des Materials der Deutschen Limnologischen Sunda-Expedition, nebst Revision einiger anderer, indoaustralischer Arten. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 12: 1-195, 263-489 [145] (list)

History of changes

• Paranisops inconstans Hale, H.M. 1924. Two new Hemiptera from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 461-467 [463].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Berrowa Creek, NSW.
  Paratype(s) SAMA ♂.
• Paranisops inconstans lutea Hale, H.M. 1924. Two new Hemiptera from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 461-467 [463].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA ♂, Berrowa Creek, NSW.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cassis, G. & Gross, G.F. 1995. Hemiptera: Heteroptera (Coleorrhuncha to Cimicomorpha). pp. 1-501 in Houston, W.W.K. & Maynard, G.V. (eds). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha to Cimicomorpha. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 27.3A xv 506 pp.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Brisbane, Lamington National Park, NSW—Berrowa Creek, Sydney, VIC—Epping.

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

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.

Hungerford, H.B. 1934. Concerning some aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera from Australia. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 29: 68-73 [68-69, pl. 5 fig. 4] (description)

Lansbury, I. 1964. A revision of the genus Paranisops Hale (Heteroptera: Notonectidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London 33: 181-188 [182, 184, fig. 1a] (description, habitus)

Sweeney, A.W. 1965. The distribution of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera) in south-eastern Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 90: 87-94 [93, fig. 35] (distribution)

Truxal, F. 1949. The comparative morphology of the male genitalia of the Notonectidae (Hemiptera). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 25: 30-38 [34-35, pl. 3 figs 6a-6c] (description)

History of changes