Species Clavigralloides acantharis (Fabricius, 1803)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lygaeus acantharis Fabricius, J.C. 1803. Systema Rhyngotorum secundum ordines, genera, species adiectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunsvigae : Carolum Reichard x 314 pp. emmendanda. [206].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMUC ♂, China.
  Paralectotype(s) ZMUC.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Dolling, W.R. 1978. A revision of the Oriental pod bugs of the tribe Clavigrallini (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 36: 281-321 [296].
• Clavigralla tuberculata Dallas, W.S. 1852. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Taylor & Francis Part 2 369-592 pp. pls XII-XV. [513].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Hong Kong.
• Clavigralla spinigera Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [6].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Penang, Malaysia.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. IX. Heteroptera: Fam. Coreidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 416-432 [426] (synonymy of Clavigralla tuberculata)
• Dolling, W.R. 1978. A revision of the Oriental pod bugs of the tribe Clavigrallini (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 36: 281-321 [296] (synonymy of Clavigralla spinigera)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

NT—Darwin; Qld—Bridge Creek and Brooklyn.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, granivore, herbivore (associated flora: Pueraria phaseoloides Benth. [FABACEAE]), terrestrial, tropical, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

In secondary growth.

 

General References

Dolling, W.R. 1979. A revision of the African pod bugs of the tribe Clavigrallini (Hemiptera: Coreidae) with a checklist of the world species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 39: 1-84 [81] (list)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [91] (catalogue)

 

History of changes

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