Species Cuspicona ooldeae Gross, 1975

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• Cuspicona ooldeae Gross, G.F. 1975. A revision of the Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of the Rhynchocoris group from Australia and adjacent areas. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 17: 51-167 [97, fig. 22].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I20,719 ♂, Farina, SA.
  Paratype(s) ANIC ♀; CAS ♂; SAMA I20,721–I20,723 7♂ 11♀; WAM ♀.

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

SA—Brachina Gorge, Coward Springs, Everard Park, Farina, Madigan Gulf, Mambray Creek, Ooldea, Warburton Creek, WA—Gill Pinnacle.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arid, herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., 1832 [MYRTACEAE] River Red Gum; Melaleuca sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree), nocturnal, sap-feeder, temperate, terrestrial, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Collected in Melaleuca blossoms.

 

General References

Gross, G.F. 1976. Plant-feeding and Other Bugs (Hemiptera) of South Australia. Heteroptera. Adelaide : A.B. James Vol. 2 251-501 pp. [468, 470 fig. 212] (key, description, habitus)

 

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