Species Poecilometis cooki Gross, 1972
- Poecilometis cooki Gross, G.F. 1972. A revision of the species of Australian and New Guinea shield bugs formerly placed in the genera Poecilometis Dallas and Eumecopus Dallas (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), with description of new species and selection of lectotypes. Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary Series 15: 1-192 [37].
Type data:
Holotype NMV T4335 ♂, MT Tamborine, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM 7♂ 9♀; ANIC ♀; BMNH; BPBM 2♀; CAS 4♂ ♀; EUQ 6♂ 6♀ (1 specimen listed in original description); QM T7035–T7046 3♂ 9♀ (7♂ 14♀ specimens listed in original publication); SAMA 2♂ 4♀.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Bald Mountain area, Bunya Mountains National Park, Lamington National Park, Noosa National Park, Tooloom, Townsville, NSW—Barrington Tops, Dorrigo, Grafton, Kempsey district, Royal National Park, Uki, West Kioloa.
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
Arboreal, herbivore, sap-feeder, subtropical, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Van Duzee, E.P. 1905. Notes on Australian Pentatomidae, with descriptions of a few new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 187-214 [197] (misidentification as Poecilometis strigatus (Westwood, 1837))
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |