Species Chelinidea tabulata (Burmeister, 1835)
Prickly Pear Bug
- Gonocerus tabulatus Burmeister, H. 1835. Handbuch der Entomologie. Zweiter Band: II Ordnung Rhynchota. Berlin : Theod. Ehr. Friedr. Enslin iv 400 pp. [311].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB sex unknown (depository uncertain), Mexico.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
QLD—Blackwater, Chinchilla, Dulacca, Dalby, Gravesend, Roma, St George, Thallon, NSW—Bingarra, Hunter Valley district, Inverell, released and recaptured.
Introduced from Texas, USA.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, frugivorous, herbivore (associated flora: Opuntia sp. [CACTACEAE] Prickly Pear), sap-feeder, terrestrial, volant.
Extra Ecological Information
Introduced from USA as a biological control agent of Opuntia .
General References
Barber, H.G. 1906. Hemiptera from southwestern Texas. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Science 1: 255-289 [267] (description)
Brailovsky, H., Barrera, E., Mayorga, C. & León, G.O 1994. Estadios ninfales de los Coreoides del valle de Tehuacán, Puebla. (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). I. Chelinidea staffilesi, C. tabulata y Narnia femorata. Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional de Mexico 65(2): 241-264 [250] (egg, larvae, adults)
Dodd, A.P. 1940. The Biological Campaign Against Prickly-pear. Brisbane : A.H. Tucker, Government Printer ii 177 pp. 1 pl. 1 map. [93] (biological control program)
Froeschner, R.C. 1988. Coreidae. pp. 69-92 in Henry, T.J. & Froeschner, R.C. (eds). Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs, of Canada and the Continental United States. Leiden : E.J. Brill xix 958 pp. [80] (catalogue)
Herring, J.L. 1980. A review of the cactus bug of the genus Chelinidea with the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 82(2): 237-251 [241] (description)
Hunter, W.D., Pratt, F.C. & Mitchell, J.D. 1913. The principal cactus insects of the United States. United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Technical Series ns 113: 1-71 [19] (note)
Kumar, R. 1965. Aspects of the morphology of Coreoidea and their value in its higher classification. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 76: 27-91 [28, 32, 54] (morphology)
Mitchell, P.L. 2000. Leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae). pp. 337-403 in Schaefer, C.W. & Panizzi, A.R. (eds). Heteroptera of Economic Importance. Boca Raton : CRC Press 828 pp. [376] (bionomics)
Schaefer, C.W. 1965. The morphology and higher classification of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Parts III. The families Rhopalidae, Alydidae, and Coreidae. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America 5: 1-76 [31, 43, 45] (morphology)
Schaefer, C.W. & Mitchell, P.L. 1983. Food plants of the Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76: 591-615 [602] (host plants)
Van Duzee, E.P. 1917. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America north of Mexico, excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae. University of California Publications in Entomology. Technical Bulletin 2: xiv 1-902 [100] (catalogue)
Wilson, F. 1960. A Review of the Biological Control of Insects and Weeds in Australia and Australian New Guinea. Farnham Royal, England : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux 102 pp. [53] (biological control program)
Common Name References
Naumann, I. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Australian Insect Names. Common and Scientific Names for Insects and Allied Organisms of Economic and Environmental Importance. Melbourne : CSIRO Publications v 200 pp. [Date published 31/12/1993] [150] (Prickly Pear Bug)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2022 | COREIDAE | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Dec-2019 | PENTATOMOMORPHA | 31-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Aug-2012 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED |