Species Agonosoma trilineatum (Fabricius, 1781)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cimex trilineatus Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [341].
• Cimex sexpunctatus Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [339].
• Cimex trivittatus Panzer, G.W.F. 1798. Faunae insectorum germanicae initia oder Deutschlands Insecten. Nuremberg : Felssecker Pt 51 60-67 pls 17-24. [111].
• Pachycoris virgatus Germar, E.F. 1839. Ueber die Elateriden mit häutigen Anhängen der Tarsenglieder. Zeitschrift für Entomologie (Germar) 1: 193-236 [102].
• Pachycoris bigatus.
• Agonosoma reichei Spinola, M. 1837. Essai sur les insectes hémiptères, rhyngotes, ou hetéroptères. Paris : J.B. Baillière pp. 1-383. [361].
• Agonosoma quadriguttatum Signoret, V. 1851. Description de nouvelles espèces d'Hémiptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2 9: 329-348 [330].
• Agonosoma flavipes Dallas, W.S. 1851. List of the Specimens of Hemipterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Richard Taylor Part 1 368 pp. XI pls. [42].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schouteden, H. 1904. Hetreroptera Fam. Pnetatomidae Subfam. Scutellerinae. Genera Insectorum 24: 1-98, 5 pls [68] (Cimex trivittatus, Agonosoma reichei, Pachycoris virgatus, Pachycoris bigatus, Agonosoma flavipes & Agonosoma quadriguttatum synonymised)
• Paleari, L.M. 1992. Revisao do genero Agonosoma Laporte, 1832 (Hemiptera, Scutelleridae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 36(3): 505-520 [513] (Cimex sexpunctatus synonymised)

 

Generic Combinations

• Agonosoma trilineatum (Fabricius, 1781).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Native to the Neotropical region; Panama, Colombia, Venezuella, Surinam, Grenada and Trinidad

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore (associated flora: Jatropha gossypifolia L. [EUPHORBIACEAE] (biological agent)), volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Sexually dimorphic; biocontrol agent

 

General References

Cassis, G. & Vanags, L. 2006. Jewel Bugs of Australia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Denisia Neue Serie 50: 275-398 [330] (introduced to Australia to control Jatropha gossypifolia)

 

History of changes

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