Species Aquarius fabricii Andersen, 1990

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• Aquarius fabricii Andersen, N.M. 1990. Phylogeny and taxonomy of water striders, genus Aquarius Schellenberg (Insecta, Hemiptera, Gerridae), with a new species from Australia. Steenstrupia 16: 37-81 [52].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Morgan Falls, 15º02´S 126º40´E, WA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀; ZMUC ♂ ♀; NTM 7♂ 2♀.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

WA—Drysdale River, Morgan Falls, NT—Limestone Gorge.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, WA: Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, lotic freshwater, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Semiaquatic.

 

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.

Polhemus, D.A. & Polhemus, J.T. 1994. A new species of Aquarius (Heteroptera: Gerridae) from Timor, with notes on Timorese zoogeography. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 96: 54-62 (phylogeny, biogeography)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
05-Dec-2012		05-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012		15-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
20-Oct-2010		06-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
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