Species Calliphara regalis (Fabricius, 1775)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cimex regalis Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae [= Flensburg & Leipzig] : Kortii xxxii 832 pp. [Date published 17 April] [697].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Hem. 388 ♀, Australia (as nova Hollandia).
  Paralectotype(s) whereabouts unknown.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lyal, C.H.C. 1979. A review of the genus Calliphara Germar, 1839 (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 54: 149-181 [173].
• Callidea eximia Vollenhoven, S.C.S. van 1863. Essai d'une Faune Entomologique de l'Archipel Indo-néerlandais. Première Monographie: Famille des Scutellerides. La Haye : Martinus Nijhoff 60 pp. Index 4 pls. [20].

  Type data:

   Lectotype RMNH ♀, Ternate, Indonesia.
  Paralectotype(s) RMNH 7 specimens, Ternate, Indonesia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lyal, C.H.C. 1979. A review of the genus Calliphara Germar, 1839 (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 54: 149-181 [173].
• Tetrarthria sobria Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [21].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Hem. 468 ♀, Vanautu (as New Holland).
  Paralectotype(s) whereabouts unknown.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lyal, C.H.C. 1979. A review of the genus Calliphara Germar, 1839 (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 54: 149-181 [173].
• Callidea erythrospila Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [33].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Hem. 473 ♂, Seram (as Ceram), Indonesia.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lyal, C.H.C. 1979. A review of the genus Calliphara Germar, 1839 (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 54: 149-181 [174].
• Callidea semirufa Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [34].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Waigeu Is., New Guinea (as Waigiou).
• Callidea biplaga Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [35].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH Hem. 471 ♂, Aru Is.
  Paralectotype(s) whereabouts unknown.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Lyal, C.H.C. 1979. A review of the genus Calliphara Germar, 1839 (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 54: 149-181 [174].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Schouteden, H. 1904. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Scutellerinae. Genera Insectorum 24: 1-98 5 pls [32] (synonymy of Callidea erythrospila, Callidea semirufa and Callidea biplaga)
• Lyal, C.H.C. 1979. A review of the genus Calliphara Germar, 1839 (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 54: 149-181 [173] (synonymy of Callidea eximia and Tetrarthria sobria)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

QLD—Cooktown, Endeavour River, Lizard Is., Torres Strait Ils (Moa Is.); Widespread from Indonesia (as far west as Sumatra) to New Caledoniaand Vanuatu in the east; Aru Island in Indonesia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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, folivore, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.

 

General References

Black, G.M. 1968. Pentatomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) collected by the Noona Dan Expedition in the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands. Entomologiske Meddelelser 36: 560-576 [573]

Distant, W.L. 1899. Rhynchotal notes—Heteroptera: Scutellerinae and Graphosomatinae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 4: 29-52 [38] (description)

Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [pl. 3 fig. 3] (habitus)

Kirkaldy, G.W. 1909. Catalogue of the Hemiptera (Heteroptera) with biological and anatomical references, lists of foodplants and parasites, etc. Prefaced by a discussion on nomenclature, and an analytical table of families. Cimicidae. Berlin : Felix L. Dames Vol. 1 xl 392 pp. [298] (catalogue)

Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [24] (catalogue)

McDonald, F.J.D. 1961. A comparative study of the male genitalia of Queensland Scutellerinae Leach (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology 1: 173-186 [182 figs 33-38] (male genitalia)

McDonald, F.J.D. 1963. Morphology of the male genitalia of five Queensland Scutellerinae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 2: 24-30 [30] (male genitalia)

McDonald, F.J.D. & Cassis, G. 1984. Revision of the Australian Scutelleridae Leach (Hemiptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 537-572 [563 figs 76-77]

Schouteden, H. 1904. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Scutellerinae. Genera Insectorum 24: 1-98 5 pls [33] (list)

Schouteden, H. 1933. Résultats scientifiques de voyage aux Indes Orientales Néelandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 8 4: 41-70 [46]

Stål, C. 1866. Analecta hemipterologica. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 10: 151-172 [153] (description)

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 [18] (separate species, assigned to subgenus Calliphara (Chrysophara))

Van Duzee, E.P. 1905. Notes on Australian Pentatomidae, with descriptions of a few new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21: 187-214 [189] (QLD)

Walker, F. 1867. Catalogue of the Specimens of Heteropterous Hemiptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Scutata. London : E. Newman Preface pp. 1-240. [33] (list)

 

History of changes

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