Species Euander lacertosus (Erichson, 1842)
Strawberry Bug
- Pachymerus lacertosus Erichson, W.F. 1842. Beitrag zur Insecten-fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berucksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 83-287, pls 4, 5 [279].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB ♀, TAS (as Vandiemensland).Subsequent designation references:
Woodward, T.E. 1962. Lectotype selection for three of Erichson's species of Australian Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 1: 50-56 [50]. - Rhyparochromus pictipennis 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. [571].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, TAS (as Van Diemen's Land).Subsequent designation references:
Scudder, G.G.E. 1967. Rhyparochrominae types in the British Museum (Natural History) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomol. 20: 251-285 [277]. - Dieuches raphaeli Evans, J.W. 1939. A new species of Dieuches, Dohrn (Hem.: Lygaeidae) injurious to strawberries in Tasmania. Bulletin of Entomological Research 30: 305-306 [305].
Type data:
Holotype AM ♂, Margate, TAS.
Paratype(s) BMNH sex unknown.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Scudder, G.G.E. 1962. The world Rhyparochrominae (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). I. New synonymy and generic changes. The Canadian Entomologist 94: 764-773 [767] (synonymy of Rhyparochromus pictipennis and Dieuches raphaeli )
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Cedar Creek, Herberton, Mt Tamborine, NSW—Bombala, Glenbrook Creek, Mt Irvine, Mt Kosciuszko, Snowy Mountains, VIC—Canberra, Cotter River, VIC—Ferntree Gully, Hamilton, Hanging Rock, Mallee district, Melbourne, TAS—Hobart, Launceston, Moogara, Rinadeena Siding, SA—Adelaide, Clare, Coromandel Valley, Deep Creek Conservation Park, Lobethal, Mt Barker, Mt Gambier, Mt Greenly, Naracoorte Cave Reserve, Robe, Venus Bay, Vivonne Bay, WA—King George Sound.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Granivore (associated flora: Arctotheca calendula (L.) Levyns [ASTERACEAE] Cape Weed, Cape Dandelion; Fragaria ananassa Duch. [ROSACEAE] Strawberry; Drosera sp. [DROSERACEAE] Sundew; Poa caespitosa G.Forst. [POACEAE]), gregarious, ground dweller, herbivore, litter, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In Eucalyptus obliqua dry sclerophyll forest, pest species of strawberries, on ground under leaves.
General References
Dohrn, A. 1859. Catalogus Hemipterorum. Herausgegeben von dem Entomologischen verein zu Stettin. Stettin : Herrcke & Lebeling ii 112 pp. [34] (catalogue)
Evans, J.W. 1941. Plant bugs and plant hoppers. Tasmanian Journal of Agriculture 12: 64 [64] (description, pest)
Gross, G.F. 1962. Aberrant Australian brachypterous myodochine bugs (Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 14: 371-396 pls 14-16 [383] (description)
Lea, A.M. 1903. Remedies for Insect and Fungoid Pests of the Orchard and Farm. Hobart : Department Agriculture Tasmania. 54 pp. [18] (strawberry pest)
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1894. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome II. Hétéroptères Coreidae, Berytidae, Lygaeidae, Pyrrhocoridae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez 277 pp. [203, 234] (catalogue, separate species)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [1060] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [151] (catalogue)
Stål, C. 1874. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 4. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 12(1): 1-186 [158, 166] (list, separate species)
Sweet, M.H. 2000. Seed and Chinch Bugs. pp. 143-264 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [228] (bionomics)
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. [109] (list, separate species)
Common Name References
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [152] (Strawberry Bug)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Nov-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-May-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 13-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED |