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Species Acantholybas brunneus (Breddin, 1900)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Brisbane, Fraser Is. (Central Station), Mt Glorious, Mt Tamborine, NSW—Parramatta, Tooloom Plateau.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore (associated flora: Zantedeschia aethiopica (L.) Spreng. [ARACEAE] Arum Lily; Phaseolus sp. [FABACEAE] Beans; Lactuca sp. [ASTERACEAE] Lettuce; Beschorneria yuccoides C.Koch [AMARYLLIDACEAE] Mexican Lily; Prunus persica (L.) Batsch [ROSACEAE] Peach, Nectarine; Cucurbita sp. [CUCURBITACEAE] Pumpkin; Rheum rhaponticum L. [POLYGONACEAE] Rhubarb; Betula pendula Roth. [BETULACEAE] Silver Birch), nocturnal, rotting wood, sap-feeder, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Under stones, in compost, in variety of shaded habitats, possibly overwinter as late instar larvae, feeding on stems of tree dahlias in New Zealand.

 

General References

Brailovsky, H. 1993. A revision of the tribe Colpurini from Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera-Coreidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 35-60 [36, figs 6E,F, 15A] (diagnosis, distribution)

Brailovsky, H. 2001. A further contribution to the Australian systematics of the tribe Colpurini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 77: 79-89 [80] (key)

Gaedike, H. 1971. Katalog der in den Sammlungen des ehemaligen Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen—V. Beiträge zur Entomologie (Berlin) 21: 79-159 [107] (syntypes)

Schaefer, C.W. 1965. The morphology and higher classification of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Parts III. The families Rhopalidae, Alydidae, and Coreidae. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America 5: 1-76 [30,32-37,39-48] (morphology, classification)

Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L. 1983. Food plants of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76: 591-615 [597] (host plant)

Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. 1992. Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Tasmania : Department of Primary Industry 104 pp. [38] (list, TAS)

Steinbauer, M.J., Yonow, T., Reid, I.A. & Cant, R. 2002. Ecological biogeography of species of Gelonus, Acantholybas and Amorbus in Australia. Austral Ecology 27: 1-25 [6] (distribution)

Steinbauer, M.J. & Clarke, A.R. 1996. Revision of the genus Acantholybas Breddin (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 89(4): 519-525 [523, figs 3,4,9,10] (description, biology)

Wise, K.A. 1958. Notes on insect pests, 1956–1957. New Zealand Entomologist 2: 26-28 [27] (pest status, New Zealand)

Wise, K.A. 1958. Notes on insect pests, 1957–1958. New Zealand Entomologist 2: 12-14 (pest status)

Woodward, T.E. 1951. The occurrence of Acantholybas brunneus Breddin in New Zealand (Heteroptera: Coreidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 79: 206-209 [207-209] (first New Zealand record)

Woodward, T.E. 1953. Notes on Acantholybas brunneus Breddin (Heteroptera: Coreidae). New Zealand Entomologist 1: 8-9 [8] (habitats, biology, morphology)

Woodward, T.E. 1961. The Heteroptera of New Zealand. Part III—Coreidae, Berytidae, Tingidae, Cimicidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1: 145-158 [148] (description, feeding on pumpkins)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022 COREIDAE 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
05-Dec-2019 PENTATOMOMORPHA 31-May-2022 MODIFIED
15-Aug-2012 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED