The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Heteroptera

 

NOTONECTIDAE

Notonecta undulata Say




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Synonyms: Notonecta americana
                  Notoneta punctata
                  Notonecta pallipes

 
Distribution Citations

[1905 Torre-Bueno]
1906 Barber

[1917 Van Duzee]
[1919 Hungerford]

1939 Millspaugh

1978 Beaty

 

1981 Merickel & Wangberg
[1988e Polhemus &
            Polhemus]

1996 Wolf
1998 Moorhead Hall Willig
1999 Wolf et al.

 

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-in stagnant pools, seldom found in clean waters (Millspaugh 1939)

-feed on ostracods and other entomostraca, can be cannibalistic (Millspaugh 1939)

-not drought resistant (Moorhead, Hall & Willig 1998)
copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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