Species Austrodrymus flindersi Gross, 1965
- Austrodrymus flindersi Gross, G.F. 1965. A revision of the Australian and New Guinea Drymini (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 15: 39-78 pls 3-7 [72].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA I20,188 ♂, Flinders Is., SA.
Paratype(s) QM ♂.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
WA—Perth.
IBRA
SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Central Ranges (CR), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Ecological Descriptors
Cryptozoic, cryptozoic, granivore (associated flora: Acacia laricina Meissner [FABACEAE]; Jacksonia nematoclada F.Muell. [FABACEAE]), ground dweller, litter, temperate, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Found in seed litter, also found in Banksia L.f. [Proteaceae] leaf litter; associated with other rhyparochromine Lygaeidae: Coleocoris ocellatus Gross, 1958, Euander lacertosus (Erichson, 1842), Fontejus westraliensis Gross, 1962 and Plinthisus bassianus Slater & Sweet, 1977.
General References
Malipatil, M.B. 1977. Additions to the Drymini of New Zealand (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 4: 177-182 [177] (note)
Slater, J.A. 1975. On the biology and zoogeography of Australian Lygaeidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with special reference to the southwest fauna. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 14: 47-64 [59, 60, 62] (hosts)
Slater, J.A. 1976. The biology, distribution and taxonomy of some Lygaeidae of Southwest Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 15: 129-151 [149] (description, hosts)
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. [113] (catalogue)
Slater, J.A. & Sweet, M.H. 1977. The genus Plinthisus Stephens in the Australian region (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 8: 109-152 [145] (association with other Rhyparochrominae; in seed litter)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 17-Nov-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-May-2022 | RHYPAROCHROMIDAE | 13-Oct-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | LYGAEOIDEA | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 17-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED |