Species Pternistria bispina Stål, 1873

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• Pternistria bispina Stål, C. 1873. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 3. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 11(2): 1-163 [43].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NHRM ♂ ♀ specimens, Rockhampton, QLD (as Rockhampton, Australiae).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Babinda, Bowen, Brisbane, Cape Tribulation, Cairns, Kuranda, Mackay, Mt Tamborine, Mulgrave River, Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is., Murray Is., Thursday Is.).

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Polyscias sp. [ARALIACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Parasitised by Chrysochalcissa olivacea Girault (Hymenoptera: Torymidae).

 

General References

Baker, J.T. & Kemball, P.A. 1967. Volatile constituents of the scent gland reservoir of the coreid Pternistria bipsina Stål. Australian Journal of Chemistry 20: 395-398 (host plants, scent gland chemistry)

Horváth, G. 1900. Hemiptera. in Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 629-642 [634] (distribution)

Horváth, G. 1915. Monographia Coreidarum generis Pternistria. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici (Zoologica) 13: 397-423 [419] (description)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [7] (list)

Naumann, I.D. & Steinbauer, M.J. 2001. Egg parasitoids of Australian Coreidae (Hemiptera). Australian Journal of Entomology 40: 9-16 [10] (parasitoid)

O'Shea, R. & Schaefer, C.W. 1980. A generic revision of the Asian and Australian Mictini (Heteroptera: Coreidae). Oriental Insects 14: 221-251 [234] (list)

 

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