Species Lethocerus (Lethocerus) distinctifemur Menke, 1960

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• Lethocerus distinctifemur Menke, A.S. 1960. A review of the genus Lethocerus (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae) in the Eastern Hemisphere with the description of a new species from Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 285-288 [285].

  Type data:

   Holotype QM ♂, Brisbane, QLD.
  Paratype(s) EUQ 2♂ 9♀; KU; USNM (Institution uncertain); LACM; CLAUC.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Aquatic, arthropod-feeder, lentic freshwater, lotic freshwater, nocturnal, piscivore, 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.

Carver, M., Gross, G.F. & Woodward, T.E. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects, etc.) [with contributions by Cassis, G., Evans, J.W., Fletcher, M.J., Hill, L., Lansbury, I., Malipatil, M.B., Monteith, G.B., Moulds, M.S., Polhemus, J.T., Slater, J.A., Štys, P., Taylor, K.L., Weir, T.A. & Williams, D.J.]. pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. [487] (note)

De Carlo, J.A. 1964. Género Lethocerus Mayr (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae). Physis (Buenos Aires) 24(68): 337-350 [343]

Kanyukova, E.V. & Kerzhner, I.M. 1980. [On the synonymy and distribution of Lethocerus Mayr (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) in the Old World.]. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie (English translation as Entomological Reviews) 59: 597-599 [In Russian with English summary, translation in Entomol. Rev. 59: 75–77] [599]

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