Species Astacops viridiventris Stål, 1874
- Astacops viridiventris Stål, C. 1874. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en förteckning öfver aller hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. 4. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm n.f. 12(1): 1-186 [100].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM ♂, Cape York, QLD (as Cap York, Australia).
Paralectotype(s) NHRM ♀.Subsequent designation references:
Slater, A. 1985. A taxonomic revision of the Lygaeinae of Australia (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). University of Kansas Science Bulletin 52: 301-481 [327]. - Astacops subochraceus Distant, W.L. 1918. Contributions to a further knowledge of the Rhynchotal Family Lygaeidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 2: 173-179, 257-270, 416-424, 486-492 [416].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [370]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Torres Strait Ils (Thursday Is., Murray Is. & Moa Is.), Babinda, Kuranda.
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, granivore, gregarious, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
General References
Scudder, G.G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Astacops sensu lat. (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Pacific Insects 5: 315-415 [370] (distribution, figures)
Slater, J.A. & O'Donnell, J.E. 1995. A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960–1994). New York : New York Entomological Society xv 410 pp. [5] (catalogue)
History of changes
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