Ranatra dispar, Needle bug. [HEM 6226]

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Specimen HEM 6226 Our Wondrous Planet, Our Wild Family: Dry Specimen - Needle bug, Ranatra dispar Montandon, 1903

Specimen Details

Taxon Name

Ranatra dispar
Author and date of publication

Montandon, 1903
Date Identified

20/08/2025
Identified By

Richard Marchant
Number Of Specimens

1
Sex

Unknown
Stage Or Age

adult
Specimen Nature

Form: pinned
Collected By

I. Faithfull
Date Visited From

29/10/1982
Date Visited To

29/10/1982
Category

Natural Sciences
Scientific Group

Invertebrate Zoology
Discipline

Entomology
Collecting Areas

Entomology and Arachnology
Type of Item

Specimen

Taxonomy

Kingdom

Animalia
Phylum

Arthropoda
Subphylum

Hexapoda
Class

Insecta
Order

Hemiptera
Family

Nepidae
Subfamily

Ranatrinae
Genus

Ranatra
Species Name

dispar

Geospatial Information

Country

Australia
State

Victoria
Nearest Named Place

Yanakie
Precise Location

Foley Rd 4 km SE Yanakie South Gippsland
Latitude

-38.85
Longitude

146.25
Geodetic Datum

WGS84
Georeference Protocol

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Specimen HEM 6226 Our Wondrous Planet, Our Wild Family: Dry Specimen - Needle bug, Ranatra dispar Montandon, 1903

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Stage Or Age

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