Species Scopiastes affinis Distant, 1901
- Scopiastes affinis Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. X. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 531-541 [533].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Roebuck Bay, WA.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂.Subsequent designation references:
Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [374].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
NT—Connexion Is., Groote Eylandt.
IBRA
NT, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murchison (MUR), Pilbara (PIL), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Aposematic, arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [349] (description)
Slater, J.A. 1964. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs : University of Connecticut xviii 1668 pp. [189] (catalogue)
History of changes
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| 15-Aug-2012 | 15-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |