Species Aspisocoris termitophilus Kormilev, 1967

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• Aspisocoris termitophilus Kormilev, N.A. 1967. Aradidae in the South Australian Museum, Adelaide II. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 513-550 [517].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I20332 ♂, Mundaring, WA.
  Paratype(s) SAMA I20333–I20338, I20340 ♂ 6♀ 7 larvae.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Known only from type locality.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Cryptozoic, flightless, fungivore, temperate, termitophilous, terrestrial.

 

General References

Kormilev, N.A. & Froeschner, R.C. 1987. Flat bugs of the world: a synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography 5: 1-246 [110] (catalogue)

Monteith, G.B. 1997. Revision of the Australian flat bugs of the subfamily Mezirinae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aradidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 41(1): 1-169 [48, figs 18, 32A-D, 14B]

 

History of changes

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