Species Drakiessa hackeri (Drake, 1942)
- Chelonoderus hackeri Drake, C.J. 1942. A new apterous aradid from Australia (Hemiptera). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 18: 190-191 [190].
Type data:
Holotype USNM (Drake coll.) ♀, Montville, QLD.
Paratype(s) USNM (Drake coll.) ♀.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Blackall Range, Brisbane, Brookfield, Buderim Mountain, Canungra, Cooran Tableland, Highvale, Imbil, Jimna Range, Mt Glorious, Mt Nebo, Tallebudgera Creek, Tamborine Mountain; NSW—Rivertree, Whian Whian State Forest.
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
Cryptozoic, fungivore, gregarious, lowland, open forest, subtropical, terrestrial, under bark.
Extra Ecological Information
Found in large colonies on underside of logs, under loose bark of dead stumps, associated with ironbark (Eucalyptus sp.), coated with heavy incrustation of soil and debris.
General References
Kormilev, N.A. 1963. Notes on Aradidae in the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseum, Stockholm. Hemiptera: Heteroptera. Arkiv för Zoologi 2 15: 443-455 [446] (distribution)
Kormilev, N.A. 1964. New genera and species of Queensland Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 3: 42-47 [47] (distribution)
Kormilev, N.A. 1965. Notes on Australian Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 77: 11-35 [23] (distribution)
Kormilev, N.A. 1967. Aradidae in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide II. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 513-550 [523] (distribution)
Kormilev, N.A. & Froeschner, R.C. 1987. Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography 5: 1-246 [136] (catalogue)
Kumar, R. 1967. Morphology of the reproductive and alimentary systems of the Aradoidea (Hemiptera), with comments on relationships within the superfamily. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 60: 17-25 (internal anatomy)
Monteith, G.B. 1997. Revision of the Australian flat bugs of the subfamily Mezirinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aradidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(1): 1-169 [99, figs 2A, 40H, 43P,R,S, 44O,d, 45] (description)
History of changes
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