Species Cantao parentum (White, 1839)
- Callidea parentum White, A. 1839. Descriptions of two Hemipterous Insects. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 3: 537-543 [542].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH, Australia. - Cantao pulcher Schouteden, H. 1906. Pentatomides nouveaux ou peu connus de la faune indo-australienne. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 50: 137-144 [137].
Type data:
Holotype IRSNB ♂, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- McDonald, F.J.D. & Cassis, G. 1984. Revision of the Australian Scutelleridae Leach (Hemiptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 537-572 [552 figs 51, 52]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Cairns, Lamington National Park, North Pine River, Wide Bay, NSW—Lismore, Tweed River.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, diurnal, folivore, herbivore (associated flora: Mallotus claoxyloides (F.Muell.) Mull.Arg. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Green Kamala; Araucaria cunninghamii Mudie [ARAUCARIACEAE] Hoop Pine; Mallotus discolor Benth. [EUPHORBIACEAE] Kamala; Mallotus philippensis Karst. [EUPHORBIACEAE]), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.
General References
Cassis, G. & Vanags, L. 2006. Jewel Bugs of Australia (Insecta: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae). Denisia Neue Serie 50: 275-398 [354] (redescription, diagnosis, distribution, key to spp,. illustrations)
Kumar, R. 1964. On the structure and function of the so called ejaculatory reservoir in Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 75: 51-65 [58] (morphology)
Kumar, R. 1965. Contributions to the morphology and relationships of Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) Part I. Scutelleridae. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland 4: 41-55 [41] (morphology)
Lethierry, L. & Severin, G. 1893. Catalogue Général des Hémiptères. Tome I. Hétéroptères Pentatomidae. Bruxelles : F. Hayez xi 286 pp. [18] (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 [174, 185 figs 1-4] (male genitalia)
McDonald, F.J.D. 1963. A comparative study of the female genitalia of Queensland Scutellerinae Leach (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology 1: 229-236 [233 figs 10-12] (female 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. 1963. Nymphal systematics and life histories of some Queensland Scutellerinae Leach (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology 1: 277-295 [285-289 figs 17-28] (life history)
McDonald, F.J.D. 1988. A revision of Cantao Amyot and Serville (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae). Oriental Insects 22: 287-299 [293] (synonymy, note)
McDonald, F.J.D. & Cassis, G. 1984. Revision of the Australian Scutelleridae Leach (Hemiptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 32: 537-572 [552 figs 51, 52] (description)
Schouteden, H. 1904. Heteroptera. Fam. Pentatomidae. Subfam. Scutellerinae. Genera Insectorum 24: 1-98 5 pls [19] (list)
History of changes
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05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED | |
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05-Dec-2019 | MODIFIED |