Species Agathyrna praecellens Stål, 1861
- Agathyrna praecellens Stål, C. 1861. Miscellanea hemipterologica. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 22: 129-153 [145].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM ♂ (depository uncertain), Aru Is., Indonesia. - Serinetha fascicollis Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part IV. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-211. [147].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Misool, Indonesia (as Mysol).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂.Subsequent designation references:
Dolling, W.R. 1987. A mimetic coreid bug and its relatives (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Journal of Natural History 21: 1259-1271 [1264]. - Astacops delineatus 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. [35].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, New Guinea.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 3 specimens.Subsequent designation references:
Dolling, W.R. 1987. A mimetic coreid bug and its relatives (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Journal of Natural History 21: 1259-1271 [1264]. - Astacops spinipes 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. [36].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♂, Aru Is.
Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1 specimen.Subsequent designation references:
Dolling, W.R. 1987. A mimetic coreid bug and its relatives (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Journal of Natural History 21: 1259-1271 [1264].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. X. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 531-541 [531] (synonymy of Astacops delineatus and Astacops spinipes with Serinetha fascicollis)
- Dolling, W.R. 1987. A mimetic coreid bug and its relatives (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Journal of Natural History 21: 1259-1271 [1264]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Iron Range (Gordon's mine area, West Claudie River).
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Aposematic, arboreal, closed forest, granivore, herbivore (associated flora: Theobroma cacao L. [STERCULIACEAE] Cacao; Colocasia esculenta Schott [ARACEAE] Taro), montane, nocturnal, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In rainforests, in secondary growth, in clearings, feeding on pods of Theobroma cacao.
General References
Brailovsky, H. 1993. A revision of the tribe Colpurini from Australia (Hemiptera-Heteroptera-Coreidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 34(1): 35-60 [37] (diagnosis, distribution)
Brailovsky, H. 2001. A further contribution to the Australian systematics of the tribe Colpurini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 77: 79-89 [79] (key)
Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. X. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 531-541 [531] (synonymy of Astacops delineatus and Astacops spinipes with Serinetha fascicollis)
Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [316] (Astacops fascicollis transferred from Lygaeidae to Coreidae)
Stål, C. 1873. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 3. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 11(2): 1-163 [68] (description, Maluka)
Szent, J.J.H. & Catley, A. 1960. Host plant and distribution records of some insects in New Guinea and adjacent islands. Pacific Insects 2(3): 255-261 [256] (host plant, as Astacops flavicollis)
Szent-Ivany, J.J.H. 1959. Host plant and distribution records of some insects in New Guinea. Pacific Insects 1: 423-429 [424] (host plant, as Astacops flavicollis)
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 |