Species Arocatus rusticus (Stål, 1866)

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Species Arocatus rusticus (Stål, 1866)

Tetralaccus rusticus Stål, C. 1866. Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 151-172 [163] [incorrect original spelling of genus name as Tetralaceus].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM ♀, N Australia (as Australia borealis).
Paralectotype(s) NHRM ♀.
Subsequent designation references:
Slater, A. 1978. Taxonomic notes on Lygaeinae from Australia and neighboring areas (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 71: 854-858 [857].
Astacops caligatus Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [36].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, Australia.
Lygaeus subjectus Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [62].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH ♀, Australia (no exact locality).
Paralectotype(s) BMNH ♂.
Subsequent designation references:
Slater, A. 1978. Taxonomic notes on Lygaeinae from Australia and neighboring areas (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 71: 854-858 [857].
Lygaeus singularis Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [63].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂ (presumably lost, depository uncertain), Australia.
Lygaeus ruficollis Walker, F. 1872. Catalogue of the specimens of Hemiptera Heteroptera in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-202. [64].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♂, New Zealand.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Distant, W.L. 1901. Rhynchotal notes. X. Heteroptera: Fam. Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 7: 531-541 [539] (synonymy of Astacops caligatus, Lygaeus subjectus and Lygaeus ruficollis)
Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [321] (synonymy of Lygaeus singularis)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Bunya Mountains, Mt Tamborine, Rockhampton, NSW—Dorrigo National Park, Macleay River, Parramatta, Taree, Wingham, Wollongong; VIC—Melbourne, SA—Brown Hill Creek, Mt Lofty, Yankalilla.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Aposematic, arboreal, diurnal, granivore (associated flora: Parsonsia straminea (R.Br.) F.Muell. [APOCYNACEAE] Common Silkpod; Araujia hortorum E.Fourn. [ASCLEPIADACEAE] Mothvine; Nerium oleander L. [APOCYNACEAE] Oleander; Asclepias curassavica Linnaeus [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Oxypetalum coeruleum (D.Don) Decne. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]; Gomphocarpus sp. [ASCLEPIADACEAE]), gregarious, subtropical, temperate, terrestrial, volant.