Species Ranatra occidentalis Lansbury, 1972

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ranatra occidentalis 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 [326].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, Millstream, WA.
  Paratype(s) OUM 3♂ 2♀; WAM 8♂ 4♀.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Perth, Tambrey.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, lentic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Associated with plant debris and submerged weeds.

 

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.

 

History of changes

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