Species Amyotea erythromelas (Walker, 1867)
- Strachia erythromela Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 241-417. [339].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Kaissa, Indonesia. - Strachia praecipua Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 241-417. [339].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Bacan, Indonesia (as Batchian). - Strachia pyrophila Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part II. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 241-417. [340].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Bacan, Indonesia (as Batchian). - Asopus carnifex Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1868. Essai d'un Faune entomologique de l'Archipel indo-néerlandais. 3ème Monographie: famille des Pentatomides. Pt 1. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 49 pp. [12].
Type data:
Syntype(s) RMNH ♂♀, Ternate, Indonesia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Thomas, D.B. 1994. Taxonomic synopsis of the Old World asopine genera (Pentatomidae: Heteroptera). Insecta Mundi 8(3–4): 145-212 [154]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, predator, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Distant, W.L. 1900. Rhynchotal notes. V. Heteroptera: Asopinae and Tessaratominae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 6: 55-64 [60] (description)
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [220, 221] (catalogue, separate species)
Schouteden, H. 1907. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Asopinae (Amyoteinae). Genera Insectorum 52: 1-82 5 pls [54] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement as Amyotea malabaricus carnifex)
Schouteden, H. 1907. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Asopinae (Amyoteinae). Genera Insectorum 52: 1-82 5 pls [54] (list, subspecific arrangement)
History of changes
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