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species Metagerra obscura White, 1878

• Images: (6) See all images
• Distribution:
  •  New Zealand(Slater 1964 [M. obscura] & Slater & O´Donnell 1995 [M. distincta])
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (18):
  • White, F.B. 1878. Ent. mon. Mag. 15:31-34, 73-76, 130-133, 159-161 >> Note: Ent. Mo. Mag. 15: 34 (O.D.) || (as monotype Metagerra n.g.) >> Metagerra obscura    urn:lsid:Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:482181
  • Bergroth. 1892. >> Note: Rev. d'Ent. 11: 264 || (status) >> Metagerra helmsi
  • Lethierry & G. Severin. 1894. General catalogue of the Hemiptera. Vol. II. Heteropteres. Brussels: F. Hayez, Imprimeur de l'Academie Royale de Belgique. II >> Note: Gen. Cat. Hem. 2: 224. >> Metagerra obscura
  • Hutton. 1898. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 30:167-87 >> Note: Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 30: 173. >> Paresuris helmsi
  • Hutton. 1898. Trans. N.Z. Inst. 30:167-87 >> Note: Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 30: 174. >> Metagerra obscura
  • Hutton. 1904. Index faunae Novae Zealandiae. London: Dulau & Co. >> Note: Index Fn. N. Zeal. p. 222. >> Metagerra obscura
  • Hutton. 1904. Index faunae Novae Zealandiae. London: Dulau & Co. >> Note: Index Fn. N. Zeal. p. 222. >> Paresuris helmsi
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Trans. N.Z. Inst. >> Note: Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 41: 25. >> Metagerra obscura
  • Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Trans. N.Z. Inst. >> Note: Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 41: 25. >> Metagerra helmsi
  • Bergroth, E. 1916. Wien. ent. Ztg >> Note: Wien. Ent. Zeit. 35: 221 || (syn.) >> Metagerra obscura
  • Myers, J.G. 1926. Trans. N.Z. Inst. >> Note: Trans. N. Zeal. Inst. 56: 481-2 || (gen.; hb. nt.; fp.) >> Metagerra obscura
  • Myers, J.G. & W.E. China. 1928. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. >> Note: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10): 1: 380. >> Metagerra obscura
  • Myers, J.G. & W.E. China. 1928. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. >> Note: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10): 1: 380. >> Metagerra helmsi
  • Woodward, T.E. 1953. Rec. Canterbury (N.Z.) Mus. 6(3):191-218 >> Note: Rec. Canterbury Mus. 6: 193-6, 198, 204 || (des.; distr.; syn.; figs.-dv., fore & hind leg, sct. glds.; hb. nt.) >> Metagerra obscura
  • Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. 864 >> Metagerra obscura
  • Scudder, G.G.E. 1967. Bull. Brit. Mus. Entomol. 20:275 >> Note: Lectotype selected >> Metagerra obscura
  • Slater, J.A. & J.E. O'Donnell. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the world 110 >> Metagerra obscura
  • Syrett & L. A. Smith. 1998. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 25(1):77 >> Metagerra obscura

• synonym distincta Eyles, 1967

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