Major Group: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Notonectidae
Genus: Notonecta
Species: handlischi
This genus is represented in Australian freshwaters by a single species, Notonecta handlischi Kirkaldy. |
Descriptive Features: head narrower than pronotum
eyes large, kidney-shaped, inner margins of eyes converging posteriorly in dorsal view, but widely separated from each other
pronotum broader than long, antero-lateral margins not foveate
antennae 4-segmented
ventral margin of mid femur with a pointed process before apex and sometimes also one basally
fore and mid tarsi 3-segmented (basal segment very small), hind tarsi 2-segmented
male genital capsule divided by a cleft into an anterior and a posterior lobe, parameres symmetrical, situated in cleft
female with short gonapophyses
Total length: 10 - 10.5 mm |
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Notonecta handlischi |
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Taxonomic Checklist:
Notonecta handlischi Kirkaldy |
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Distribution: S WA
Functional Feeding Group: predators |
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Information Sources: Andersen & Weir 2004, Cassis & Gross 1995 |
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