Species Amorbus rubiginosus (Guérin, 1831)
- Coreus rubiginosus Guérin, F.É. 1831. Iconographie du règne animal de G.Cuvier, ou représentation d'après nature de l'une des espèces les plus remarquables et souvent non encore figurées de chaque genre d'animaux; pouvant servir d'atlas à tous les traités de Zoologie. Paris : J.B. Baillière pl. 55 unknown. [pl. 55 fig. 6].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, Port Jackson, NSW (as port Jackson, Nouvelle-Hollande).Type locality references:
Guérin-Méneville, F.É. 1838. Pt 2 Div. 1 ch. xiii Insectes. pp. 57-302 in Duperrey, L.J. (ed.). Voyage Autour du Monde, Exécuté par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de sa Majesté, La Coquille, Pendant les Années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Histoire Naturelle, Zoologie. Paris : Bertrand. [173]. - Physomerus affinis 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. 283 3 specimens, Australia (as New Holland).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Atherton, Brisbane, Maryborough, Moreton Bay, Oxley, Palm Is., Somerset, Stanthorpe, Torres Strait Ils (Mabuiag Is., Prince of Wales Is., Thursday Is.), NSW—Dorrigo, Coonabarabran, Forest Reefs, Sydney, ACT—Canberra, VIC—Ararat, Dobie, Moe, SA—Belair, Glenunga, Klemzig, Mt Finke, Mt Lofty, Myponga, Murray River, Yeelana, WA—Beverley, Kundip, Kununoppin, Mandurah, Mt Barrow, Mullewa, Myrup, Stirling Ranges, Wickepin, Yelverton, NT—Amaroo Station, Darwin, Groote Eylandt.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus bridgesiana R.T.Baker, 1898 [MYRTACEAE] Apple Box; Eucalyptus gamophylla F.Muell., 1878 [MYRTACEAE] Blue-leaved Mallee; Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple; Eucalyptus tetragona (R.Br.) F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Mealy Gum; Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., 1832 [MYRTACEAE] River Red Gum; Eucalyptus microcarpa (Maiden) Maiden [MYRTACEAE] Western Grey Box; Eucalyptus pilularis Smith [MYRTACEAE]), sap-feeder, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
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] (catalogue, distribution)
Horváth, G. 1900. Hemiptera. in Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 629-642 [635] (description, Torres Strait Ils)
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 [908, 915] (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 [599] (host plant)
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., Yonow, T., Reid, I.A. & Cant, R. 2002. Ecological biogeography of species of Gelonus, Acantholybas and Amorbus in Australia. Austral Ecology 27: 1-25 [17] (host plants, biogeography)
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 secretions)
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
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