Genus Ranatra Fabricius, 1790
- Ranatra Fabricius, J.C. 1790. Nova insectorum genera. Skrifter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet. Kjøbenhavn 1: 213-228 [227].
Type species:
Nepa linearis Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considération Générales sur l'Order Naturel des Animaux Composant les Classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes; avec un Tableau Méthodique de leurs Genres Disposés en Familles. Paris : F. Schoell viii 444 pp. [this work is the subject of Opinions 11 and 136, ICZN, and is on the Official List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature] [261]. - Amphischizops Montandon, A.L. 1898. Hémiptères-Hétéroptères, une nouvelle forme dans le genre Ranatra. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Bucarest-Roumanie 7: 56-58 [58] [first introduced as subgenus of
Ranatra Fabricius, 1790].Type species:
Ranatra (Amphischizops) compressicollis Montandon, 1898 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Lansbury, I. 1974. Notes on Ranatra (Amphischizops) compressicollis Montandon with a review of its systematic position within the American Ranatra (Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Nepidae). Zoologica Scripta 3: 23-30 [23]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Cosmopolitan (not in New Zealand).
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mulga Lands (ML), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; WA: Pilbara (PIL)
Distribution References
- Lansbury, I. 1972. A review of the Oriental species of Ranatra Fabricius (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 124: 287-341
- Polhemus, D.A. 1988. Family Nepidae Latreille, 1802; the water scorpions. pp. 528-532 in Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden : E.J. Brill xix 958 pp. [530-532] (Nearctic Region)
- 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 [5]
General References
Champion, G.C. 1901. Insecta: Rhynchota (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). pp. 1-416 in Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (eds). Biologia Centrali-Americana; or, contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and central America, Zoology. London : Dulau Vol. 2 xvi 416 pp., 22 pls. [1897: 1–32; 1898: 33–192; 1899: 193–304; 1900: 305–344; 1901: xvi 345–416] [353] (Neotropical Region)
Froeschner, R.C. 1981. Heteroptera or true bugs of Ecuador: a partial catalog. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 1981(322): iv 1-147 [59] (Ecuador)
Hale, H.M. 1924. Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera. No. III. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 2: 503-520 pls XXXIV-XXXV [510] (taxonomy)
Lansbury, I. 1967. Comparative morphology of the male Australian Nepidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 15: 641-649 (morphology)
Lansbury, I. 1972. A review of the Oriental species of Ranatra Fabricius (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 124: 287-341 (Oriental Region)
Lansbury, I. 1973. A review of the genus Cercotmetus Amyot & Serville, 1843 (Hemiptera-Heteroptera: Nepidae). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 116: 83-106 [85] (systematic position)
Lansbury, I. 1974. A new genus of Nepidae from Australia with a revised classification of the family (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 13: 219-227 [226-227] (morphology, key)
Oshanin, B.F. 1912. Katalog der paläarktischen Hemipteren (Heteroptera, Homoptera—Auchenorhyncha und Psylloideae). Berlin : R. Friedländer & Sohn xvi 187 pp. [90] (Palaearctic Region)
Van Duzee, E.P. 1917. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico, excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. University of California Publications in Entomology. Technical Bulletin 2: xiv 1-902 [461] (Nearctic Region)
Villiers, A. 1952. Initiations Africaines. IX. Hémiptères de l'Afrique Noire (Punaiseset cigales). Institut Français d'Afrique Noire-Dakar 9: 1-256 [198] (Afrotropical Region)
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