Major Group: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Belostomatidae
Genus: Diplonychus |
Descriptive Features: broadly oval body shape
eyes with lateral margins continuous with the lateral margins of head
1st antennal segment equal to or longer than segment 4 and lateral projections of segments 2 and 3
fore tarsi 1-segmented, with 2 small claws
middle and hind tibiae flattened
lateral band of short pilosity on ventral part of laterotergites 4 not reaching the lateral margin of the segment
subgenital plate (operculum) more or less pointed in female
subgenital plate truncated, carrying a pair of small tufts of bristles sublaterally in male
Total length: 15 - 23 mm |
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Diplonychus eques female |
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Diplonychus eques male |
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Taxonomic Checklist: Species
Diplonychus eques Dufour
Diplonychus rusticus Fabricius |
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Distribution: Qld, NSW, Vic, WA, NT, Tas
Functional Feeding Group: predators |
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Mitta Mitta River, Eskdale Vic |
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Information Sources: Andersen & Weir 2004, Cassis & Gross 1995, Lansbury & Lake 2002, Hawking & Smith 1997, Gooderham & Tsyrlin 2002
Key to Species: Andersen & Weir 2004 |
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