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I. Lansbury 
SYSTEMATICS 
Family Corixidae Leach 
Subfamily Diaprepocorinae Lundblad 
Diaprepocoris personata Hale 
Diaprepocoris personata Hale, 1924: 7-10; Knowles, 
1974:187-189. 
Material Examined 
Australia: Western Australia: 1 d, roadside pool 
6.7 km S. of Northcliffe [locality 4 of Bayly (1992a)], 
18 June 1977; 1 2, 1 July 1977. 1 d, 1 9, pool on 
Muirillup Rock [locality 4 of Bayly (1982)] 34°39'S, 
116°15E, 2 July 1990. 
Remarks 
Described by Hale (1924) from Western Australia 
(Swan River). Knowles (1974) localities are all in 
Western Australia. I have seen material from 
Tasmania, South Australia (Mt Gambier region) 
and Queensland (Brisbane). 
Subfamily Corixinae Leach 
Sigara mullaka Lansbury 
Sigara mullaka Lansbury, 1970: 42-44 
Material Examined 
Australia: Western Australia: 1 d, 3 2, granite 
rock pools on Sullivan Rock, 11 km S. of Gleneagle 
[locality 10 of Bayly (1982)], 8 June 1977. 1 9, gran¬ 
ite rock pool, Bunjil Rocks, 24 km S. of Perenjori, 
29°39'S, 116°21'E, 13 July 1990. 1 d, 1 2, pool on 
Sanford Rocks, 31°14'S, 118°46'E, 15 August 1990. 
Remarks 
Previously recorded from Western Australia (Mt 
Yokine, Bickley Swamp, Darling Ranges and 
Newcastle). 
Table 1 Numbers of species of Notonectidae and 
Corixidae in Australia. 
Southeastern 
Australia 
Southwestern 
Australia 
Australian 
total 
Notonectidae 
Anisops 
10 
6 
27 
Paranisops 
1 
1* 
2 
Enithares 
2 
0 
4 
Notonecta 
0 
1* 
1 
Corixidae 
Diaprepocoris 
3 
2 
3 
Sigara 
6 
1* 
7 
Agraptocorixa 
3 
3 
6 
Micronecta** 
? 
3 
14? 
* endemic to S.W. Australia 
** taxonomy of Micronecta confused, in need of revision. 
Agraptocorixa parvipunctata (Hale) 
Agraptocorixa parvipunctata (Hale), 1922: 320-321; 
Lundblad, 1928:13-18; Knowles, 1974:177-179. 
Material Examined 
Australia: Western Australia: 1 d, roadside pool 
7.1 km S. of Northcliffe [locality 5 of Bayly (1992a)], 
2 July 1977; 2 d, 2 2, Newmann's Rocks, 88 miles 
E. of Norseman [locality 18 of Bayly (1982)], 5 July 
1977; 1 d, granite rock pool, summit Mt Madden, 
N. of Ravensthorpe, 33°14'S, 119°50'E, 26 June 1990; 
1 2, rock pool about 2 m below main summit pool, 
Mt Madden, 33°14'S, 119°50'E, 26 June 1990; 1 2, 
roadside pool 15 km W. of Denmark, 34°59’S, 
117°10'E, 29 June 1990; 1 d, 1 2, Rock pool. War 
Rock, Pitharuka Dam Road, ca. 15 km N Morawa, 
29°05'S, mWE, 13 July 1990. 16 d, 22 2, granite 
rock pool, Bunjil Rocks, 24 km S. of Perenjori, 
29°39'S, 116°21’E, 13 July 1990; 18 d, 41 2, granite 
rock pool, Petrudor Rock, 30°25'S, 116°58'E, 14 
August 1990. 
Remarks 
Described from South Australia (Adelaide). 
Widespread over much of Australia. Found as far 
north as Julatten north of Cairns, Queensland. 
Agraptocorixa eurynome (Kirkaldy) 
Agraptocorixa eurynome (Kirkaldy), 1897: 54-55; 
" Hale, 1922: 318-319; Lundblad, 1928: 3-9; 
Knowles, 1974:175-177; Jansson, 1982:88. 
Material Examined 
Australia: Western Australia: 7 d, roadside pool 
3.1 km S. of Warren River near Manjiump, 28 May 
1977; 4 d, 1 2, roadside pond 2.3 km S. of 
Northcliffe [locality 2 of Bayly (1992a)], 3 June 1977; 
1 d, 1 2, roadside pond 10.8 km S. of Northcliffe 
[locality 6 of Bayly (1992a)], 3 June 1977. 3 d, 1 2, 
small permanent lake behind Hamelin Bay, NW. of 
Augusta, 34°13'S, 115°02'E, 5 July 1990. 
Remarks 
Males varying between 7.6-8.13 mm long, 
females 8.3 mm long, smaller than usual, Knowles 
(1974) gives length as 8.5-10 mm long. 
Kirkaldy (1897) described eurynome from the 
'Adelaide River' South Australia. Hale (1922) and 
Knowles (1974) place the type locality in the 
Northern territory. The most northerly Australian 
records published are the Hann River and 
Townsville, Queensland, (Knowles litt. comm.)- 
Extensive collections from the Northern Territory 
have shown that eurynome does not occur much 
further north than Alice Springs. The commonest 
species in the 'far north' is Agraptocorixa halei 
Hungerford (Northern Territory Museum 
collections). 
