Species Pomponatius typicus Distant, 1904

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• Pomponatius typicus Distant, W.L. 1904. Rhynchotal notes. XXII. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 13: 263-276 [266].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Townsville, QLD.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Acacia Ridge, Archerfield, Baldwin Swamp Fauna Reserve, Brisbane, Burpengary, Crystal Falls, Goodwood, Jardine River Crossing, Kuranda, Lockerbie district, Teewah Creek, Townsville, Tully, NSW—Buladelah, Hat Head, NT—Bathurst Is., Daly River distict, Leila Lagoon, Mudginbarry Homestead district, Nitmiluk National Park.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore, sap-feeder (associated flora: Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE] Broad Leaved Paperbark; Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. [MYRTACEAE] Broad leaved Paperbark; Callistemon viminalis (Sol. ex Gaertn.) G.Don [MYRTACEAE] Drooping Bottlebrush; Melaleuca nervosa (Lindl.) Cheel [MYRTACEAE] Paperbark Barked Teatree; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Banksia aemula R.Brown [PROTEACEAE] Wallum Banksia; Melaleuca dealbata S.T.Blake [MYRTACEAE]; Callistemon sp. [MYRTACEAE]), subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Feed on new plant growth.

 

General References

Brailovsky, H. & Monteith, G.B. 1996. A new species of Pomponatius Distant from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Acanthocorini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39(2): 205-210 [208] (diagnosis, distribution)

Cassis, G. 1993. A report on the Heteroptera and Dermaptera from the survey of Cape York Peninsula. pp. 109–123 in, Cape York Peninsula Scientific Expedition Wet Season 1992 Report. Volume 1. Fortitude Valley : The Royal Geographical Society of Queensland vii 295 pp. [111] (Cape York)

Mitchell, P.L. 2000. Leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae). pp. 337-403 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [383] (bionomics)

 

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