Species Australostolus monteithi Stys, 1980
- Australostolus monteithi Štys, P. 1980. Australostolus monteithi gen. n., sp. n.—first record of an Australian aenictopecheine bug (Heteroptera, Enicocephalidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 77: 303-321 [307].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Kinchega National Park, n[ea]r Menindee, 32º20´S 142º25´E, NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Lake Broadwater near Dalby (new records), NSW—Barrington Tops, Booligal, SA—Devon Downs, Lucindale, Murray River.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, hummock grassland, montane, nocturnal, open scrub, predator, soil dweller, temperate, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
Sometimes associated with waterbodies in semi-arid areas, known from mallee scrub, temperate grasslands (either dominated by Maireana pyramidata (Benth.) Paul G.Wilson [Chenopodiaceae], Enneapogon avenaceus (Lindley) C.E.Hubb. [Poaceae] or immature grasses), or temperate rainforests.
General References
Carver, M., Gross, G.F. & Woodward, T.E. 1991. Hemiptera (bugs, leafhoppers, cicadas, aphids, scale insects, etc.) [with contributions by Cassis, G., Evans, J.W., Fletcher, M.J., Hill, L., Lansbury, I., Malipatil, M.B., Monteith, G.B., Moulds, M.S., Polhemus, J.T., Slater, J.A., Štys, P., Taylor, K.L., Weir, T.A. & Williams, D.J.]. pp. 429-509 in CSIRO (ed.). The Insects of Australia. A textbook for students and research workers. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press Vol. 1 xiii 542 pp. [481]
Štys, P. 1981. A new genus and two new species of Holiptocoris from the Philippine Islands (Heteroptera, Enicocephalidae). Acta Entomologica Bohemoslovaca 78: 97-104 [102] (forewing variation)
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