Illinois Natural History Survey - University of Illinois


Ranatra australis

Map based on:

Lauck, David Robert. 1959. The taxonomy and bionomics of the aquatic Hemiptera of Illinois. Thesis. University of Illinois, Urbana. xxii + 353 pages.

The map below does not represent the holdings of the Illinois Natural History Survey Insect Collection. Blue-green indicates that Lauck reported the species from the indicated county.

Nepidae: Ranatra australis

Polhemus (1988) does not list this species as occuring in Illinois, and most published records are from localities south and east of Illinois (except Kansas).

Polhemus, D. A. 1988. Family Nepidae Latreille, 1802. Pages 528--532 In: T. J. Henry and R. C. Froeschner, eds. Catalog of the Heteroptera or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. E. J. Brill, New York. 958 pp.

Back to Back to Nepomorpha.


This page is maintained by Steve Taylor. Please email sjtaylor@illinois.edu with comments and corrections.
Created 3 February 2001, last modified 26 October 2009.