Agraptocorixa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Corixoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Paraneoptera Superordo: Condylognatha Ordo: Hemiptera Subordo: Heteroptera Infraordo: Nepomorpha Superfamilia: Corixoidea

Familia: Corixidae
Subfamilia: Corixinae
Genus: Agraptocorixa
Species (8): A. dakarica – A. eurynome – A. gambrei – A. halei – A. hirtifrons – A. hyalinipennis – A. macrops – A. parvipunctata

Name

• Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy, 1898

Synonyms

• Porocorixa Hale, 1922: 318
  • Authority for current placement:
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: [feminine]
  • Original status: stated to be a valid subgenus, but treated as a valid genus in binomina
  • Type species: Corixa eurynome Kirkaldy, 1897
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 318]

References

• Hale, H.M. 1922: Studies in Australian aquatic Hemiptera No. I. Family Corixidae. Records of the South Australian Museum, 2: 309–330. PDF
• Kirkaldy, G.W. 1898: Note sopra alcuni rincoti acquatici africani del Museo Civico di Storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 'Giacomo Doria' (2), 19[39?]: 144–145. [not seen]
• Knowles, J.N. 1974: A revision of Australian species of Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy and Diaprepocoris Kirkaldy (Heteroptera: Corixidae). Australian journal of marine and freshwater research, 25: 173–191. [not seen]
• Lundblad, O. 1929: Die australischen Arten der Gattung Agraptocorixa. Arkiv för Zoologi, 20: 1–19, 2 plates. [not seen]
• Young, E.C. 2010: The water boatmen and backswimmers of New Zealand. Hemiptera: Corixidae and Notonectidae. A research guide. Witherlea Press, Nelson. ISBN 978-0-473-17649-5

Links

• Australian Faunal Directory
• Cheng, L. (2010). Agraptocorixa Kirkaldy, 1898. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=494039 on 2011-08-06
• Heteroptera of the World
• ION
• Nomenclator Zoologicus