Species Capyella lobulata Bergroth, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

• Capyella lobulata Bergroth, E. 1909. Hemiptera nova orientalia. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 53: 184-190 [188].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, NW Australia.
• Metatropis tipularis Distant, W.L. 1911. Rhynchotal notes. LV. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 7: 576-586 [585].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Darwin, NT (as Port Darwin, N Australia).

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bergroth, E. 1911. On two species of the berytid genus Capyella Bredd. (Rhynch.). Entomological News 22: 416 [416]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

NT—Melville Is.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, herbivore, sap-feeder, terrestrial, tropical, volant.

Extra Ecological Information

Taken resting on fallen logs or tree trunks.

 

General References

Gross, G.F. 1950. The stilt bugs (Heteroptera: Neididae) of the Australian and New Zealand Regions. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 313-326 [318] (synonymy)

Henry, T.J. 1997. Cladistic analysis and revision of the stilt bug genera of the world (Heteroptera: Berytidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(1): 1-100 [73] (list)

Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C.. 1998. Catalog of the Stilt Bugs or Berytidae, of the World (Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 30(4): 1-72 [30] (catalogue)

McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [82] (habitat)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd 560 pp. 42 pls. [148] (description)

 

History of changes

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