Species Alcaeus hermannsburgi (Distant, 1910)
- Muritha hermannsburgi Distant, W.L. 1910. Rhynchotal notes. LII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 6: 369-386, 465-481, 585-603 [373].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Hermannsburg, NT (as Hermannsburg, Centr. Australia).
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Cunnamulla, SA—Athelstone, Everard Ranges, Lake Eyre, Lake Torrens, Oodnadatta, WA—Bullsbrook, Gill Pinnacle, Meadow Station, Yalgoo, Yalingrup, NT—Bitter Spring Creek, Crown Point, Devil's Marbles, Newcastle Waters, Tennant Creek.
IBRA
NT, Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle; Cassia artemisioides Gaudich. [CAESALPINIACEAE]; Cassia sp. [CAESALPINIACEAE]), sap-feeder, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Bergroth, E. 1916. Heteropterous Hemiptera collected by Professor W. Baldwin Spencer during the Horn Expedition into Central Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 29: 19-39 [20] (distribution)
Gross, G.F. 1976. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera. Adelaide : A.B. James Vol. 2 251-501 pp. [273, 276 fig. 109] (key, description, habitus)
Leston, D. 1957. Australasian Halyinae (Hem., Pentatomidae): new synonymy. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 93: 188 [188] (note)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | PENTATOMIDAE | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 30-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 31-Oct-2018 | Pentatominae | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-Nov-2013 | Pentatominae | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | MODIFIED |