Species Cymus novaezelandiae Woodward, 1954
- Cymus novaezelandiae Woodward, T.E. 1954. New records and descriptions of Hemiptera-Heteroptera from the Three Kings Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 4: 215-233 [224].
Type data:
Holotype MONZ ♂, Paiaka, Manawatu, North Is., New Zealand.
Paratype(s) MONZ ♀.
Distribution
States
Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
VIC—Fern Tree Gully, WA—Busselton, Mt William, Pemberton.
IBRA
Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Granivore (associated flora: Scirpus nodosus Rottb. [JUNCACEAE] Knobby Clubrush; Bromus uniloides Kunth [POACEAE]; Cyperus tenuiflorus Rottb. [CYPERACEAE]), temperate, terrestrial, terrestrial, up-on-plants, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In seed heads, sweeping Erica, pest species, wing polymorphism, macropterous and brachypterous morphs.
General References
Cumber, R.A. 1959. The insect complex of sown pastures in the North Island. II. The Hemiptera as revealed by summer sweep sampling. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 2: 1-25 [19] (pest, biology)
Hamid, A. 1975. A systematic revision of the Cyminae (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) of the world with a discussion of the morphology, biology, phylogeny and zoogeography. Occasional Publications of the Entomological Society of Nigeria 14: 1-179 [90] (first Australian record, description)
Myers, J.G. 1926. Biological notes on New Zealand Heteroptera. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 56: 449-511 pls 81-86 [458, 485] (host plant, biology, as Cymodema n. sp.)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [413] (catalogue)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 04-Oct-2019 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED |