Species Agriopocoris froggatti Miller, 1954
- Agriopocoris froggatti Miller, N.C.E. 1954. A new sub-family and new genera and species of Australian Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 78: 233-240 [234].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Sydney, NSW.
Paratype(s) ANIC ♀. - Agriopocoris dimorpha Štys, P. 1967. On the morphology and taxonomy of Agriopocorinae (Heteroptera, Coreidae). Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae 61: 25-38 [26].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA ♂, Inman Valley, SA.
Paratype(s) SAMA ♀.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Brailovsky, H. & Cassis, G. 1999. Revision of the tribe Agriopocorini (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Coreinae). The Canadian Entomologist 131: 293-321 [305]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Brisbane district, NSW—Mt Tomah, Richmond Range State Forest, ACT—Honeysuckle Creek, VIC—Stawell, SA—Baird Bay, Belair Bay, Bordertown, Coorong National Park, Kangaroo Is., Lucindale, Mt Lofty, Myponga, Taralap Station, WA—Albany district, Greenough, Gum Lagoon, Woodman's Point.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, cryptozoic, ground dweller, herbivore (associated flora: Acacia longifolia sophorae (Labill.) Court [FABACEAE] Coast Wattle; Acacia pycnantha Benth. [FABACEAE] Golden Wattle; Acacia maidenii F.Muell. [FABACEAE] Maiden's Wattle; Eucalyptus obliqua L'Hér [MYRTACEAE] Messmate; Eucalyptus stellulata Sieber [MYRTACEAE]), litter, sap-feeder, soil dweller, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In soil and litter under Eucalyptus obliqua, wing polymorphism (macroptery, microptery, aptery).
General References
Kumar, R. 1965. Aspects of the morphology of Coreoidea and their value in its higher classification. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 76: 27-91 [28, 39, 62, 79, 81, 83, 85] (morphology)
Kumar, R. 1966. Studies on the biology, immature stages, and relative growth of some Australian bugs of the superfamily Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 895-991 [943-949] (host plant, larvae, biology)
Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L. 1983. Food plants of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76: 591-615 [596] (host plant)
Štys, P. 1967. On the morphology and taxonomy of Agriopocorinae (Heteroptera, Coreidae). Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae 61: 25-38 [26, 37] (note, morphology)
Waterhouse, D.F. & Gilby, A.R. 1964. The adult scent glands and scent of nine bugs of the superfamily Coreoidea. Journal of Insect Physiology 10: 977-987 (defensive secretions)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |