Species Amorbus obscuricornis (Westwood, 1842)
- Physomerus obscuricornis Westwood, J.O. 1842. A Catalogue of Hemiptera in the collection of the Rev. F. W. Hope. II. London : J.C. Bridgewater 26 pp. [9].
Type data:
Syntype(s) OUM Hem. 286 2 specimens (label data as "Van Diemens Land"), Australia (as New Holland).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
NSW—Apsley Falls, Glencoe, Lawson, Little Hartley, Mt Brown, TAS—Burnie, Hobart, Launceston, Maria Is., Strahan, SA—Aldgate, Kangaroo Is., Kuitpo, Mt Lofty, Mylor, Myponga, Swanport.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus dives Schauer, 1843 [MYRTACEAE] Blue Peppermint; Eucalyptus fastigata H.Deane & Maiden, 1897 [MYRTACEAE] Brown Barrel; Eucalyptus viminalis Labill. [MYRTACEAE] Manna Gum; Eucalyptus pauciflora Sieber ex Spreng. [MYRTACEAE] Snow Gum; Eucalyptus maculata Hook., 1844 [MYRTACEAE] Spotted gum; Eucalyptus ovata Labill. [MYRTACEAE]; Eucalyptus rossi R.Baker & H.G.Smith [MYRTACEAE]), sap-feeder, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Feed on juvenile foliage of Eucalyptus species, parasitised by Xenoencyrtus hemipterus (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), Leptus sp. (Acarina: Erythraeodae) and tachinid species, preyed upon by spiders (Agyrodes sp., Achaearanea sp., theridiid species and Dolophones sp.).
General References
Bashford, R. 1992. Observations on the life history of two sap-feeding coreid bugs and their impact on growth of plantation eucalypts. Tasforests 4: 87-93 (biology)
Blöte, H.C. 1938. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. Part IV. Coreinae, third part. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 20: 275-308 [286] (list)
Mitchell, P.L. 2000. Leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae). pp. 337-403 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [374] (bionomics)
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 [53] (list)
Steinbauer, M.J. 1996. A note on manna feeding by ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 30(8): 1185-1192 (biology)
Steinbauer, M.J. 1996. Notes on extra-phytophagous food sources of Gelonus tasmanicus (Le Guillou) (Hemiptera: Coreidae) and Dindymus versicolor (Herrich-Schaeffer) (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae). Australian Entomological Magazine 23(4): 121-124 (coprophagy)
Steinbauer, M.J. 1997. Seasonal phenology and development biology of Amorbus obscuricornis (Westwood) and Gelonus tasmanicus (Le Guillou) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 45(1): 49-63 (biology)
Steinbauer, M.J. 1997. The incidence and relative abundance of Amorbus obscuricornis and Gelonus tasmanicus (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in southern Tasmania and their performance on selected Eucalyptus species. Australian Journal of Zoology 45(6): 631-649 (biology, host plants)
Steinbauer, M.J. 1998. Seasonal fluctuations in bodyweight, lipid content and the starvation-longevity of Amorbus obscuricornis (Westwood) and Gelonus tasmanicus (Le Guillou) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 37: 90-96 (physiology)
Steinbauer, M.J., Clarke, A.R., Paterson, S.C. 1998. Changes in eucalypt architecture and the foraging behaviour and development of Amorbus obscuricornis (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 88: 641-651 (biology)
Steinbauer, M.J., Taylor, G.S. & Madden, J.L. 1997. Comparison of damage to Eucalyptus caused by Amorbus obscuricornis and Gelonus tasmanicus. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 82: 175-180 (feeding damage)
Steinbauer, M.J., Yonow, T., Reid, I.A. & Cant, R. 2002. Ecological biogeography of species of Gelonus, Acantholybas and Amorbus in Australia. Austral Ecology 27: 1-25 [14] (host plants, biogeography)
Steinbauer, M.J. & Clarke, A.R. 1995. Xenoencyrtus hemipterus (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), an egg parasitoid of Coreidae (Hemiptera) in Tasmania. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 63-64 (parasitoid)
Steinbauer, M.J. & Clarke, A.R. 1998. Field observations of dispersion, mating and development of Amorbus obscuricornis(Westwood) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 37: 155-157 (biology)
Steinbauer, M.J. & Davies, N.W. 1995. Defensive secretions of Amorbus obscuricornis (Westwood), A. rubiginosus (Guérin-Méneville) and Gelonus tasmanicus (Le Guillou) (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 34: 75-78 (defensive secretion)
History of changes
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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 |