Species Austroxestus australiensis Woodward, 1979
- Austroxestus australiensis Woodward, T.E. 1979. The genus Austroxestus Woodward (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparchrominae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27: 813-824 [818].
Type data:
Holotype QM T7821 ♀, Mt Sabine, Otway Ranges, VIC.
Paratype(s) ANIC; EUQ (no specimens located); NMV; QM (2♂ 4♀ located); TMH
Comment: 37♂ 33♀ paratypes designated in original publication.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Bunya Mountains National Park, Byfield, Conway, Dunwich, Eungella National Park, Mt Molloy, Paluma Dam, Yungaburra, VIC—Beech Forest, Colac, Hotham Heights, Lavers Hill, TAS—Denison River, Forth Falls, Gordon River, Mt Spent district, Mt Wellington.
IBRA
Qld, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Closed forest, granivore, ground dweller, litter, open forest, subtropical, tall open forest, temperate, terrestrial, tropical, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
In Eucalyptus nitida J.D.Hook forest, in Eucalyptus obliqua L'Hér forest, in leaf litter below Ficus L., in forest dominated by Melaleuca L. [Myrtaceae]); ex moss, in heathland, on snow, wet scrub, wing polymorphism, macropterous and submacropterous morphs.
General References
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. [95] (catalogue)
Woodward, T.E. 1981. A new species of Austroxestus Woodward (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae: Rhyparochrominae) from Arnhem Land. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 20: 173-176 [174, 175] (phylogeny)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Aug-2012 | 23-Apr-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 06-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED |